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social medicine

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social medicine,
an approach to the prevention and treatment of disease that is based on the study of human heredity, environment, social structures, and cultural values.

social medicine
A field of medicine that studies the impact of the collective behavior of organized society on individuals belonging to various, often disadvantaged, subgroups within the society. See Engel's phenomenon, Homelessness, Latchkey children, Supermom. Cf Socialized medicine.


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