Ricardo Bruno: history, social processes and health practices

Ricardo Bruno: history, social processes and health practices.

This essay has the objective of revisiting the intellectual output of Ricardo Bruno Mendes-Gonçalves (1946-1996), Professor of the Department of Preventive Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo and one of the theoreticians who participated in the construction of the field of Brazilian Collective Health during the years 1970-1990. On the basis of brief biographical a...

[Ricardo Jorge and the history of public health in Portugal].

Pro - Social Behavior , Reciprocity or Both ? Bruno

Empirical evidence is provided for the importance of non-reciprocal pro-social Jehavior of individuals in an anonymousK n-person pure puJlic good setting. 0 uniMue panel data set of 1NOK000 oJservations is matched with an eQtensive survey. Even under anonymous conditionsK a large numJer of individuals are prepared to donate a not insignificant sum of money. Rooperation conditional on giving Jy ...

Fishing upstream: health and the social history.

It is now fashionable (even in the United States) for doctors to talk about social determinants of health. Polls show that access to healthy and affordable food, controlling drug misuse, and cleaning up the environment are seen as more important to people’s health than access to high quality medical care.Groups such as Health Leads train doctors to identify their patients’ social needs and to l...

History of Public Health and Social Medicine

HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDICINE A new course on the History of Public Health and Social Medicine is now being offered at the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, in the spring semester of 1966. The purpose of this course is to trace the genesis and the development of scientific fact and ideas, taking into account intellectual exchanges and influences of a...