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social science subjects > health and social care > health policy > health care systems > social medicine
social science subjects > health and social care > health services > health care systems > social medicine
... > social science subjects > health and social care > health care management > health care facilities, manpower, and services > health services > health care systems > social medicine
... > social science subjects > health and social care > health policy > health services > health care systems > social medicine
social science subjects > health and social care > medical science > medicine > social medicine
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social medicine  

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  • A term to describe nineteenth-century sanitary reform and coined by the Frenchman Jules Guerin in the context of reform following the revolution of 1848. In this approach diseases are seen as the product of the social conditions that allow them to develop (miasma). [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Social Medicine]

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