Karolinska Institutet, The Nordic School of Public Health, Stockholm, Sweden.
Soc Sci Med. 2009 Dec;69(12):1780-3. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.053. Epub 2009 Oct 21.
Social sciences have given much to the science and practice of patient safety, but have more to offer. The purposes of this paper are to give a background to the studies presented in this special issue, and to encourage more social scientist to contribute to this important and rapidly growing field. This is largely preaching to the converted - there is one other purpose which may be achieved if more traditional medical researchers and reviewers see this special issue. That is to show how social sciences help to understand, explain and address many issues which traditional medical research methods are not designed to penetrate. This special issue shows the value of social science patient safety research, and gives a reference point for future researchers in making proposals, designing research and comparing their findings. It highlights areas which this research needs to address in its methods, presentation, and subjects studied.
社会科学为患者安全的科学和实践做出了很大贡献，但还有更多的贡献可以做出。本文的目的是为本期特刊中呈现的研究提供背景，并鼓励更多的社会科学家为这一重要且快速发展的领域做出贡献。这在很大程度上是对已接受的观点的再次强调——如果更多的传统医学研究人员和评论人员看到本期特刊，可能会达到另一个目的。这就是展示社会科学如何帮助理解、解释和解决许多传统医学研究方法无法深入研究的问题。本期特刊展示了社会科学患者安全研究的价值，并为未来的研究人员提出建议、设计研究和比较研究结果提供了参考点。它突出了该研究在方法、呈现和研究对象方面需要解决的领域。
