Os conceitos de saúde e de doença são analisados em sua evolução histórica e em seu relacionamento com o contexto cultural, social, político e econômico, evidenciando a evolução das idéias nessa área da experiência humana.
In the first decades of this century, pre-nuptial examination, designed to protect descendants from risks attributed to heredity, worked as a true rite of passage in Public Health routine. An educational text concerning this issue is discussed.
The author discusses public health levels-technical-scientific, administrative and political-and presents the Old and New Testaments as paradigms to public health and curative medicine, respectively.
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