What is it about?
The social determinants of the health framework is hegemonic. Breilh proposes a social determination framework that highlights how capitalism impacts the health of populations and individuals. Current approaches like structural vulnerability recognize the contribution of Latin American thinkers like Breilh. This paper briefly presents Breilh's main contributions to critical thinking about health
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Few papers introduce Breilh's perspective on social determination in English
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This page is a summary of: Thinking with and Against the Social Determinants of Health: The Latin American Social Medicine (Collective Health) Critique from Jaime Breilh, International Journal of Health Services, September 2022, SAGE Publications, DOI: 10.1177/00207314221122657.
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