Nunes Everardo Duarte
Departamento de Medicina Preventiva e Social, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Rev Saude Publica. 2007 Jun;41(3):467-71.
Robert Straus' pioneer work, "The nature and status of Medical Sociology," written in 1957, was reviewed. Straus, one of the founders of medical sociology, made major contributions to this field and created the first department of behavior sciences in a medical school. In the work reviewed, Straus establishes the differences between sociology in medicine and medical sociology. Comments are made on the current perspective of medical sociology and about the author.
罗伯特·施特劳斯1957年所著的开创性著作《医学社会学的性质与地位》被予以评论。施特劳斯是医学社会学的创始人之一，为该领域做出了重大贡献，并在一所医学院创建了首个行为科学系。在所评论的这部著作中，施特劳斯阐述了医学中的社会学与医学社会学之间的差异。文中对医学社会学的当前观点以及作者进行了评论。
