title: Social Marxism, class conflict and health care.
abstract: In the first of a six-part series the sociological theories of Karl Marx are examined and related to the purported neutrality of medicine. The role of nursing within a Marxist analysis of the world is considered, and the value of such analysis is described.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alaszewski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Manthorpe
mesh_terms: D003148:Communism / Q000266:history*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005060:Europe; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012923:Social Class; D012961:Sociology