The systemic study of human disease and social conditions/factors is known as: (A) Social physiology, (B) Social pathology, (C) Socialised medicine, (D) Social Medicine
Answer is B. SOCIAL PATHOLOGY The term "social pathology" is given a restricted interpretation linking it to povey, crime, delinquency and vagrancy. In the modern context, the term is also used to describe the relation between disease and social conditions. The social pathology of accidents, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic bronchitis have all been subject of recent investigations in medical literature. Social pathology is uncovered by "social surveys". Ref : Park 25th edition Pgno : 710