<prompt> Socialized medicine is:Health care at peoples expenseCharitable care at government expenseFree medical care at government expense, regulated by professional groupsIntegration of social medicine with health care  <response>: Ans. c Free medical care at government expense, regulated by professional groups State Medicine: Provision of free medical services to the people at government expense Socialized Medicine: Provision of medical service and professional education by the State as in state medicine, but the programme is operated and regulated by professional groups rather than by government- Prevents competition between practitioners and clients- Provision of medical services supported by state government- Ensures social equity that is universally operated by professional health services Social Medicine: Study of the social, economical, environmental, cultural, psychological and genetic factors, which have a bearing on healthALSO REMEMBER First country to socialize medicine completely: Russia 