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NEJM Interview: Dr. Ronald Bayer on why the heightened focus on precision medicine misses the point when it comes to public health.

Published: Aug. 5, 2015, 4:01 p.m.

b'Dr. Ronald Bayer is codirector of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R. Bayer and S. Galea. Public Health in the Precision-Medicine Era. N Engl J Med 2015;373:499-501.'