A Social Public Health.

• Autores: Niamh Stephenson
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 101, Nº. 7, 2011, págs. 1159-1159
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The author discusses social relations and the prevention of infectious disease. He comments on a study from 1966 that examined how doctors started prescribing drugs and found that the relationship between doctors had the greatest influence on prescribing habits. He mentions the role of social connections that are involved in infectious disease transmission. He talks about differences between social public health and new public health concerning individual choices and interpersonal relations.