Rudolf Virchow, poverty and global health: from “politics as medicine on a grand scale” to “health in all policies”
The German pathologist and politician Rudolf Virchow proposed the concept of sociomedical causation, emphasising the role of social and environmental factors in the aetiology and prevention of diseases. Virchow's achievements are threefold: he was a founder of scientific biomedicine, he charact...
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| Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Global Health Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2414644721000646 |