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McKeown and the Idea That Social Conditions Are Fundamental Causes of Disease

Bruce G. Link, PhD and Jo C. Phelan, PhD

The authors are with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Bruce G. Link is also with the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY.



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FIGURE 1— Illustration of differences between the problem addressed by McKeown and the problem addressed by the fundamental causes approach.

 





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