Social
Social Medicine
Social Medicine (pronunciation: /ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmɛdɪsɪn/) is a branch of medicine that focuses on the effects of social conditions on health, disease, and the practice of medicine, and the understanding of these effects to improve health care for individuals and communities.
Etymology
The term "Social Medicine" is derived from the Latin word "socius" meaning companion or associate, and the Greek word "mederi" meaning to heal. It was first used in the 19th century to describe a new approach to health that considered social factors.
Related Terms
- Public Health: The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts of society.
- Epidemiology: The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to control health problems.
- Health Equity: The absence of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically.
- Healthcare Disparities: Differences in health and healthcare that are closely linked with social, economic, and environmental disadvantage.
- Social Determinants of Health: Conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Social
- Wikipedia's article - Social
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