Solli H M
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The science of ecology is an important tool for reflecting upon the interaction between organisms and the environment. However, this science cannot be applied directly to human systems, since human interaction is very complex and is often based on symbolic meanings. An interdisciplinary approach to human ecology is therefore necessary. At a deeper level, ecological thinking might be integrated into a vision of the unity of reality, which includes both subjective and objective experiences, and where human values are just as important as facts. Ecological thinking challenges medicine to take a multidimensional view of man and to regard man, in common with life in general, as a self-organizing system. Value-based ecological thinking should be just as relevant in situations as diverse as our relationship to the individual patient and his community, and our own relationship to the industrial society and our common global environment.
生态学是思考生物与环境之间相互作用的重要工具。然而，这门科学不能直接应用于人类系统，因为人际互动非常复杂，且往往基于象征意义。因此，采用跨学科方法研究人类生态学很有必要。在更深层次上，生态思维或许可以融入对现实统一性的一种愿景中，这种现实统一性既包括主观体验也包括客观体验，在其中人类价值观与事实同样重要。生态思维促使医学从多维视角看待人类，并将人类与一般生命一样视为一个自组织系统。基于价值观的生态思维在各种情形下都应具有相关性，比如我们与个体患者及其社区的关系，以及我们自身与工业社会及共同全球环境的关系。
