Howard Waitzkin|Celia Iriart|Alfredo Estrada|Silvia Lamadrid
Social Medicine Then and Now: Lessons From Latin America
accomplishments latin american social medicine remain little known englishspeaking world latin america social medicine differs public health definitions populations social institutions dialectic vision healthillness stance causal inference golden age occurred 1930s salvador allende pathologist future president chile played key role later influences included cuban revolution failed peaceful transition socialism chile nicaraguan revolution liberation theology empowerment strategies education leaders latin american social medicine experienced political repression partly tried combine theory political practicea combination known praxis theoretic debates social medicine take bearings historical materialism recent trends european philosophy methodologically differing historical quantitative qualitative approaches aim avoid perceived problems positivism reductionism traditional public health clinical methods key themes emphasize effects broad social policies health health care social determinants illness death relationships work reproduction environment impact violence trauma