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Titre :	McKeown and the idea that social conditions are fundamental causes of disease. (2002)
Auteurs :	Bruce-G LINK ; Jo-C PHELAN
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of public health (vol. 92, n° 5, 2002)
Pagination :	730-732
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Homme ; Etat santé ; Epidémiologie ; Historique ; Facteur socioéconomique
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS zR0xC0uP. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. In an accompanying commentary, Colgrove indicates that McKeown's thesis that dramatic reductions in mortality over the past 2 centuries were due to improved socioeconomic conditions rather than to medical or public health interventions has been "overturned" and his theory "discredited." McKeown sought to explain a very prominent trend in population health and did so with a strong emphasis on the importance of basic social and economic conditions. If Colgrove is right about the McKeown thesis, social epidemiology is left with a gaping hole in its explanatory repertoire and a challenge to a cherished principle about the importance of social factors in health. We return to the trend McKeown focused upon post-McKeown and post-Colgrove to indicate how and why social conditions must continue to be seen as fundamental causes of disease.

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