Weed D L
Preventive Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1995 Jul;85(7):914-8. doi: 10.2105/ajph.85.7.914.
Epidemiologists may benefit from the disciplines of history, philosophy of science, ethics, literature, and art. Within these disciplines lie answers to the questions of who we are, what is right, how to think, and when to act. Studying and participating in the humanities may also help epidemiologists focus their professional concerns on the humanity their methods serve. A parallel phenomenon in the clinical sciences--medical humanities--provides support for the approach (and some lessons).
流行病学家可能会从历史、科学哲学、伦理学、文学和艺术等学科中受益。在这些学科中蕴藏着关于我们是谁、什么是正确的、如何思考以及何时行动等问题的答案。研究并参与人文学科也可能有助于流行病学家将他们的专业关注点聚焦于其方法所服务的人性。临床科学中的一个类似现象——医学人文学科——为这种方法提供了支持(以及一些经验教训)。