title: Marxist functionalism in medicine: a critique of the work of Vicente Navarro on health and medicine.
abstract: A detailed examination is made of the writings of Vicente Navarro dealing with health and medicine. Following a statement of criticisms these are examined in detail with reference to sources. The paper concludes with a review of Navarro's writing on Chile which is seen as an example of how a specific brand of deterministic functionalism can be reinforced by a particular political experience.
mesh_terms: D002677:Chile; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D012936:Social Medicine / Q000639:trends*