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Socialized medicine is a term used in the United States to describe and discuss systems of universal health care —medical and hospital care for all by means of government regulation of health care and subsidies derived from taxation. [1] Because of historically negative associations with socialism in American culture, the term is usually used ...
Social medicine is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on the profound interplay between socio-economic factors and individual health outcomes. Rooted in the challenges of the Industrial Revolution, it seeks to: Understand how specific social, economic, and environmental conditions directly impact health, disease, and the delivery of ...
Dr. Sigerist was influential in the creation of socialized medicine in Canada, and made four trips to Canada in the 1930s and 1940s at the invitation of various medical groups to speak on this topic. Under his influence, Saskatchewan, a Canadian province, introduced state-funded medical and hospital care for pensioners, people on welfare and ...
A high-functioning sociopath is a person with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). A sociopath or person with ASPD doesn't care about other people’s emotions, rights, or experiences. They ...
In the media, hospital terms that describe a patient’s condition -- like critical, fair, serious, stable -- are vague by design. They give you just a general sense of how someone is doing, which ...
Universal health care (also called universal health coverage, universal coverage, or universal care) is a health care system in which all residents of a particular country or region are assured access to health care. It is generally organized around providing either all residents or only those who cannot afford on their own, with either health ...
Medicare for All is a proposal for a single-payer healthcare system in the United States. Single-payer systems refer to health insurance programs that are governed by one organization. Single ...
living in poverty. having a family history of conduct disorder. having a family history of mental illness. having other psychiatric disorders. having parents who abuse drugs or alcohol. having a ...