Otite O
University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Soc Sci Med. 1987;25(6):599-604. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(87)90084-0.
Health, defined as physical, mental and social well-being, should be adequately conceptualized in organic as well as non-organic terms, thus implying a criticism of some training programmes which ought to recognize the dire need to integrate the socio-behavioural sciences--geography, social anthropology, sociology, psychology, political science and economics--in the education of health care professionals. The two components of this education, medicine and health care and the socio-behavioural sciences, should prepare the professional adequately to practice the science of medicine and the art of the profession in varying socio-cultural contexts of co-existing health care systems. This paper argues that it is only those institutions which integrate the socio-behavioural sciences in their programme of health care education that are on the path of progress by keeping scientific pace with our understanding of the structural realities of contemporary societies.
健康被定义为身体、心理和社会福祉，应以有机和非有机的方式进行充分的概念化，这意味着对一些培训项目的批评，这些项目应该认识到将社会行为科学——地理学、社会人类学、社会学、心理学、政治学和经济学——纳入医疗保健专业人员教育的迫切需求。这种教育的两个组成部分，医学与医疗保健以及社会行为科学，应使专业人员做好充分准备，以便在共存的医疗保健系统的不同社会文化背景下实践医学科学和专业技能。本文认为，只有那些将社会行为科学纳入其医疗保健教育计划的机构，才是通过与我们对当代社会结构现实的理解保持科学同步而走在进步道路上的。
