University of California, Berkeley, USA.
New York University, USA.
Soc Sci Med. 2024 Mar;345:116640. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116640. Epub 2024 Feb 9.
While medical sociology has long incorporated insights from pragmatist philosophy, recent contributions call for a more explicit engagement with this tradition. Complementing Greenhalgh and Engebretsen's (2022) call for a pragmatist analysis of public health policymaking and crisis, we systemize medical sociology's engagement with pragmatism. We suggest three precepts of pragmatist philosophy as they relate to medical sociology: First, a focus on consequences in action, or understanding medical phenomena through what is done rather than established definitions; Second, problem solving, or how medical actors move between habit and creativity; And third, negotiation of meaning, or analyzing patient-provider communication through ongoing action and interpretation. Such systematization, we argue, would enrich both new and existing topics in medical sociology, from medicalization to mask-wearing.
虽然医学社会学长期以来一直融合了实用主义哲学的观点，但最近的贡献呼吁更明确地参与这一传统。补充 Greenhalgh 和 Engebretsen（2022）对公共卫生政策制定和危机的实用主义分析的号召，我们使医学社会学与实用主义的参与系统化。我们提出实用主义哲学的三个戒律，因为它们与医学社会学有关：第一，关注行动中的后果，或者通过所做的事情而不是既定的定义来理解医学现象；第二，解决问题，或者医疗行为者如何在习惯和创造力之间移动；第三，意义的协商，或者通过持续的行动和解释分析医患沟通。我们认为，这种系统化将丰富医学社会学中的新的和现有的主题，从医学化到戴口罩。
