Definition of «social medicine»

Social Medicine is a branch of medical science that deals with the social, economic and cultural factors that influence health and disease. It focuses on understanding how different aspects of society can impact an individual's overall well-being, including their physical, mental, and emotional health. Social medicine recognizes that health is not just determined by biological or genetic factors but also by external influences such as social conditions, access to healthcare, education, employment opportunities, and environmental factors. The goal of social medicine is to promote health equity and improve the overall health of populations through interventions aimed at addressing these underlying social determinants of health.

Sentences with «social medicine»

He served as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at McGill from 1995 to 2006 and was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard University in 2007 - 2008. (researchintegrity.org)
But Marcia Angell, a senior lecturer in social medicine at Harvard Medical School and the former editor of The New England Journal of Medicine, says companies often structure research in a manner that is most likely to yield favorable conclusions — by comparing a medication against a placebo, for instance, instead of comparing it with its most effective competitors. (discovermagazine.com)
Your friend may have died due to canada's social medicine system but our healthcare reform has nothing to do with socialized medicine. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
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