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SPOTLIGHT ON RESOURCES
The successes of modern pharmaceuticals
and medical technology can make it seem like good health for all is
just a few lab tests away, but
HABIT readers and others know that “health” can be a more
complicated issue than “cures.” This month’s spotlight
falls on a Web portal that recognizes the critical links between physical
health and social and economic influences from families to political
regimes. The Social Medicine Portal, created by faculty at the Department of Social and Family Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, is a new voice championing the idea that “we are social animals, and our diseases occur in ‘social animals’ and not in test tubes.” In one convenient place, the site collects social medicine resources and links to the political and social activist movements associated with social medicine. The portal is aimed primarily at students but is a good starting point for anyone looking to learn more about social medicine and its practitioners. The site includes a history of social medicine, lists of courses and academic departments that specialize in the discipline, Listservs and relevant journals. Surfers can also explore a “Social Medicine A to Z,” a critique of biomedicine and a special section on social medicine in Latin America. The site was launched in mid-February and is continually posting new information. If you have a topic, program or materials that might be a good addition, you can e-mail Matt Anderson at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at mattanderson@socialmedicine.org. The site here. |
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