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Social medicine, starting two centuries ago, has shown that social
conditions affect health and illness more than biology does, and
social change affects the outcomes of health and illness more than
health services do. Understanding and exposing sickness-generating
structures in society helps us change them. This first book
providing a critical introduction to social medicine sheds light on
an increasingly important field. The authors draw on examples
worldwide to show how principles based on solidarity and mutual aid
have enabled people to participate collaboratively to construct
health-promoting social conditions. The book offers vital
information and analysis to enhance our understanding regarding the
promotion of health through social and individual means; the
micro-politics of medical encounters; the social determination of
illness; the influences of racism, class, gender, and ethnicity on
health; health and empire; and health praxis, reform, and
sociomedical activism. Illustrations are included throughout the
book to convey these key themes and important issues, as well as on
Routledge's webpage for the book, under the Support Materials tab.
The authors offer compelling ways to understand and to change the
social dimensions of health and health care. Students, teachers,
practitioners, activists, policy makers, and people concerned about
health and health care will value this book, which goes beyond the
usual approaches of texts in public health, medical sociology,
health economics, and health policy.
Social medicine, starting two centuries ago, has shown that social
conditions affect health and illness more than biology does, and
social change affects the outcomes of health and illness more than
health services do. Understanding and exposing sickness-generating
structures in society helps us change them. This first book
providing a critical introduction to social medicine sheds light on
an increasingly important field. The authors draw on examples
worldwide to show how principles based on solidarity and mutual aid
have enabled people to participate collaboratively to construct
health-promoting social conditions. The book offers vital
information and analysis to enhance our understanding regarding the
promotion of health through social and individual means; the
micro-politics of medical encounters; the social determination of
illness; the influences of racism, class, gender, and ethnicity on
health; health and empire; and health praxis, reform, and
sociomedical activism. Illustrations are included throughout the
book to convey these key themes and important issues, as well as on
Routledge's webpage for the book, under the Support Materials tab.
The authors offer compelling ways to understand and to change the
social dimensions of health and health care. Students, teachers,
practitioners, activists, policy makers, and people concerned about
health and health care will value this book, which goes beyond the
usual approaches of texts in public health, medical sociology,
health economics, and health policy.
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