Social Medicine

The scope of medicine has expanded in the last few decades to encompass not only the health problems of individuals but also of communities. Health is essential for the socio-economic development of society as a whole. < br> Social medicine is a socio-medical discipline that focuses on the characteristics, dynamics and determinants of population health and the health systems that help protect, maintain and improve human health. Social medicine studies health and disease in populations, their determinants and the provision of health care. The aim of social medicine is to contribute to the health of the population, define health problems and needs, identify the means, that can meet these needs, and evaluate, the extent to which these health services and other activities meet these needs.