ABSTRACT
There are different views about the extent to which health is a collective or an individual responsibility. These perspectives determine how societies organise themselves to improve health:
●● Social responsibility (or ‘collectivism’) is a doctrine that holds that an entity (be it state, government, corporation, organisation, or individual) has a responsibility to society as
a whole. This responsibility can be positive (i.e. a responsibility to act) or negative (i.e. a responsibility to refrain from acting).
