What did Link and Phelan mean when they claimed that social factors are “fundamental causes” of illness? How has medicine produced what we call “scientific racism”?

Social factors are “fundamental causes” of illness

1. What did Link and Phelan mean when they claimed that social factors are “fundamental causes” of illness?

2. How has medicine produced what we call “scientific racism” (look at the Lundy Braun reading)?

3.What is disease (see Canguihem)?