History of Medicine Overview

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Which individual emphasized the importance of social factors in health, similar to Friedrich Engels?

  • R. Virchow
  • Max von Pettenkoffer
  • Alfred Grotjahn
  • Salvador Allende (correct)

In what ways did Salvador Allende contribute to the improvement of health services in Chile?

  • Establishment of the Chilean National Health Service (correct)
  • Promotion of pharmaceutical monopolies
  • Privatization of healthcare
  • Reduction of accessibility to healthcare

How did contemporary social medicine differ from high tech medicine, according to the text?

  • Focused on individual health outcomes only
  • Excluded the impact of globalisation on disease patterns
  • Acknowledged persistence of class-related inequalities in disease prevalence (correct)
  • Ignored social determinants of health

During the 19th century, what marked a great advance in public health?

<p>Sanitary-environmental approach (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which international declaration focused on Primary Health Care in 1978?

<p>Alma-Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Social Medicine primarily focus on?

<p>Social fabric of population's health (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term did Virchow introduce in the field of pathology?

<p>Leukemia (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was one of the main actions advocated by Virchow to improve public health in society?

<p>Mandatory meat inspection (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did Virchow's report on the Typhus Epidemic in Upper Silesia, 1848, impact the field of social medicine?

<p>It established the role of social and economic conditions in disease outbreaks. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which statement accurately reflects Virchow's view on the relationship between poverty and disease?

<p>'Underdevelopment and poverty contribute significantly to disease.' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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