The 2nd edition of Pschyrembel Social Medicine and Public Health provides reliable, up-to-date expertise on all aspects of social medicine and public health. It includes more than 5,000 technical terms, over 150 illustrations and tables, as well as easily accessible information in the proven Pschyrembel quality. This edition features updates across all fields of expertise, along with an expansion and deepening of the public health sector. It offers comprehensive and well-founded information on the social and health care system, rehabilitation, prevention and health promotion, health and social economics, quality assurance and quality management, social law, epidemiology, statistics, psychology and sociology, environmental and occupational medicine, as well as relevant professional profiles. Additionally, it contains over 300 newly included technical terms, such as everyday competence, care allowance, discharge management, family health midwife, early assistance, and the Institute for Quality Assurance and Transparency in Health Care.