Book Review Concepts of Epidemiology: Integrating the Ideas, Theories, Principles and Methods of Epidemiology, 2nd Edition

vised its core methods courses, the faculty scanned then available texts, seeking to find books that could be used over the 1-year sequence. We found an unexpectedly large num-ber of introductory texts, including the first edition of Raj Bhopal’s Concepts of Epidemiology (1); of these, most were intended for a broad introductory course and for the diverse student groups that might take such courses. Bhopal had thoughtfully reviewed 25 such introductory texts in 1997 (2), and 2 years later he commented on the role that such books play in defining the conceptual domain of the field (3). His review of these books, along with extensive teach-ing experience, contributed to his writing an introductory text that differed from many long-used standards. The first edition of Concepts of Epidemiology, befitting its title, emphasized the conceptual basis of epidemiology and it