History of Social Medicine
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According to R. Virchow, what will be the standard of measurement in medical statistics?

  • Incidence of typhus in Upper Silesia
  • Number of workers affected by typhus
  • Weight of the dead bodies
  • Comparison of privileged and non-privileged classes (correct)

What did R. Virchow emphasize in his report on the Typhus Epidemic in Upper Silesia?

  • The importance of preventive medicine
  • The role of social privilege in health outcomes (correct)
  • The inadequacy of public health education
  • The need for better medical equipment

What aspect of medicine did R. Virchow focus on according to the text?

  • Traditional medical beliefs
  • Clinical diagnosis and treatment
  • Preventive healthcare and public health (correct)
  • Surgical interventions

In what year did Matthew R. Anderson write the article 'What is Social Medicine'?

<p>2005 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Winslow define as the science and art of preventing disease?

<p>Prolonging life (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the idea established by Hippocrates in Greek medicine around 400 BCE?

<p>The imbalance of humours as the direct cause of all disease (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were some of the efforts organized as part of the definition of public health by Winslow?

<p>Organization of medical and nursing services for early diagnosis and preventive treatment (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What explanations for disease were prevalent before science-based approaches to public health emerged?

<p>Religion, superstition, and myth (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who insisted on social factors other than hygiene and rescued it from solely being a movement for sanitary reform?

<p>Alfred Grotjahn (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is credited with the statement 'Medicine is a social science, and politics nothing but medicine on a grand scale'?

<p>R. Virchow (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who worked as an autopsy assistant and later became the President of the Chilean Medical Association?

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

Who is known for the quote 'It is impossible to give health and knowledge to a people who are malnourished, who wear rags, and who work at a level of unmerciful exploitation'?

<p>Salvador Allende (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who wrote 'The Structure of National Health' which served as a blueprint for the national health service in Chile?

<p>Salvador Allende (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which contemporary issue of social medicine is discussed in the text?

<p>Antibiotics revolution (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered the 'Father' of Social Medicine?

<p>Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Virchow argue were the underlying causes of the typhus epidemic in Upper Silesia?

<p>Economic and political conditions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were some of Virchow's accomplishments related to public health?

<p>Designing and supervising Berlin sewage system (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Jules Guerin argue for in social medicine?

<p>Integration of medical issues, social factors, and public affairs (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was one of the goals of social medicine according to the text?

<p>Strengthen governmental health authorities (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Virchow's report on the typhus epidemic in Upper Silesia conclude?

<p>The underlying causes were more social than medical (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Jules Guerin argue should be systematically integrated into the framework of social medicine?

<p>Knowledge and information about medical issues, social factors, and public affairs (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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