Marginalization: Conceptualizing patient vulnerabilities in the framework of social determinants of health-An integrative review.

ABSTRACT: Scientific advances in health care have been disproportionately distributed across social strata. Disease burden is also disproportionately distributed, with marginalized groups having the highest risk of poor health outcomes. Social determinants are thought to influence health care delivery and the management of chronic diseases among marginalized groups, but the current conceptualization of social determinants lacks a critical focus on the experiences of people within their environment. The purpose of this article was to integrate the literature on marginalization and situate the concept in the framework of social determinants of health. We demonstrate that social position links marginalization and social determinants of health. This perspective provides a critical lens to assess the soc

SUBMITTER: Baah FO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6342665 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature