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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?

Sanitary-environmental approach Signup and view all the answers

Which international declaration focused on Primary Health Care in 1978?

Alma-Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care Signup and view all the answers

What does Social Medicine primarily focus on?

Social fabric of population's health Signup and view all the answers

Which term did Virchow introduce in the field of pathology?

Leukemia Signup and view all the answers

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

Mandatory meat inspection 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?

It established the role of social and economic conditions in disease outbreaks. Signup and view all the answers

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

'Underdevelopment and poverty contribute significantly to disease.' Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

Which international declaration focused on Primary Health Care in 1978?

What does Social Medicine primarily focus on?

Which term did Virchow introduce in the field of pathology?

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

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

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

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