Disciplines and Occupations

Social Medicine

A branch of medicine concerned with the role of socio-environmental factors in the occurrence, prevention and treatment of disease.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A branch of medicine concerned with the role of socio-environmental factors in the occurrence, prevention and treatment of disease.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Medicine, Social

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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  1. H02w.403w.800w

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NLM Classification

WA 31

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Social Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012936. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012936
  2. Social Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_medicine
  3. Social Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2143884