Letters
Line between patient and population health
Socioeconomic disparity is not a given
BMJ 2018; 361 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k1910 (Published 08 May 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;361:k1910
- Babak Khoshnood, senior researcher
- INSERM U1153, Equipe EPOPé, Maternité Port Royal, 53 avenue de l’Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France
- babak.khoshnood{at}inserm.fr
I thank The BMJ and Fiona Godlee for the thought provoking debate on the tension between patient and population health.1
Socioeconomic characteristics are too often taken as non-modifiable risk factors for health outcomes. Setting aside the role of health professionals as actors for social change (the tradition going back at least to Villermé and Virchow), considering socioeconomic …
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