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MSH: The study of the social determinants and social effects of health and disease, and of the social structure of medical institutions or professions.,NCI: The study of individual and group behaviors with respect to health and illness. Medical sociology is concerned with individual and group responses aimed at assessing well-being, maintaining health, acting upon real or perceived illness, interacting with health care systems, and maximizing health in the face of physiologic or functional derangement. It also analyzes the impact of the psychological conditions resulting from our environment on our health.