"Social Medicine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A branch of medicine concerned with the role of socio-environmental factors in the occurrence, prevention and treatment of disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D012936
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.800
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Medicine" by people in Profiles.
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The World after COVID-19: Reflections on Global Health and Policy. Ann Glob Health. 2021; 87(1):72.
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One Year of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Brazil: A Political and Social Overview. Ann Glob Health. 2021 05 18; 87(1):44.
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The role of social medicine in the COVID-19 pandemic era. J Glob Health. 2021 Apr 17; 11:03068.
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The unwanted legacies of COVID-19. J R Soc Med. 2021 04; 114(4):157.
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The Impact of the COVID-19 "Infodemic" on Drug-Utilization Behaviors: Implications for Pharmacovigilance. Drug Saf. 2020 08; 43(8):699-709.
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Medicine is a social science: COVID-19 and the tragedy of residential care facilities in high-income countries. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 08; 5(8).
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Case Studies in Social Medicine - Attending to Structural Forces in Clinical Practice. N Engl J Med. 2018 Nov 15; 379(20):1958-1961.
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Introduction. What works? And for whom? Soc Sci Med. 2018 08; 210:22-25.
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[Social determination of the health-disease process: a critical look from the epidemiology of the 21st century]. Rev Salud Publica (Bogota). 2017 May-Jun; 19(3):404-408.
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Comment on: Zika in Singapore: insights from One Health and social medicine. Singapore Med J. 2017 02; 58(2):113.