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Social capital is perhaps one of the most popular, although also one of the most criticized, concepts in the social- and health-related sciences today. This could be related to the fact that the concept lost its original meaning during the exportation process from sociology to other scientific disciplines, including the health-related ones. In this process it was transformed from an individual resource to a collective good. Despite the conceptual disagreements, the interest in studying the significance of social capital for various types of health problems has continued to increase.
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Rostila, M. (2013). Concluding Discussion. In: Social Capital and Health Inequality in European Welfare States. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137305664_9
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