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International Journal of Epidemiology 2005 34(4):739-741; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh176
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Commentary: Salvador Allende and the birth of Latin American social medicine

Howard Waitzkin

Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, USA

E-mail: waitzkin@unm.edu

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Succeeding generations have forgotten and then rediscovered the conditions of society that generate illness and mortality. Now, when disease-producing features of the workplace and environment threaten the survival of humanity and other life forms, it is not surprising that such problems receive attention. But there is a long history of research and analysis that has been neglected, despite its relevance to our current condition.

Salvador Allende, late president of Chile and a pathologist, helped establish the field of Latin American social medicine with his path-breaking epidemiological work, accomplished during the 1930s. Although social medicine has become a widely respected field of research, teaching, and clinical practice in Latin America, the accomplishments of this field remain little known in the English-speaking world. This gap in knowledge derives partly from the fact that important publications remain untranslated from Spanish or Portuguese into English. In addition, the lack of impact reflects a frequently . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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