Social Medicine and the Coming Transformation

by Matt Anderson, Howard Waitzkin, Alina Pérez

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138685976
• ISBN13: 9781138685970
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"