Social justice and medical practice: life history of a physician of social medicine

How do we understand and respond to the pressing health problems of modern society?

Conventional practice focuses on the assessment and clinical treatment of immediate health issues presented by individual patients.

In contrast, social medicine advocates an equal focus on the assessment and social treatment of underlying social conditions, such as environmental factors, structural violence, and social injustice.

This title examines the practice of social medicine through extensive life history interviews with a physician practicing the approach in marginalized communities.