Concept information
social science subjects
health and social care
health psychology
epidemiology of risk and protective factors
Preferred term
fundamental social causes of disease and mortality
Definition
- The primacy of social conditions as determinants of health has been observed for centuries. In the 19th century, Virchow (1848) declared that “medicine is a social science.” Today, social epidemiologists articulate the centrality of “upstream causes” of disease and death. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior; Fundamental Social Causes of Disease and Mortality]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/fundamental_social_causes_of_disease_and_mortality
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