Michaela Kosticova, Silvia Capikova, Leonard Levy. Social Medicine. Slovakia, Comenius University in Bratislava, 2015.

The social medicine as a scientific and interdisciplinary branch of medicine dealing with the health of the population in broader social context is the concern of all health professionals. This textbook is a study guide and makes no attempt to be a comprehensive description of social medicine. It was written to provide a framework for under-standing this complex field. Our goal is to introduce students to the 'social medicine perspective', to provide them the holistic picture as well as to introduce them to the many specialized aspects of social medicine and to allow the students to start to place their practice within the wider social context of health, and determinants of health, of the community in which they work. The chapters cover topics which we hope will enable this goal to be achieved. Though the textbook is primarily written for undergraduate students of Master of Public Health program, it would be of use to medical students and postgraduate students as well.