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The impact and integration of behavioural sciences in the education of health care professionals

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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 anf 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.

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  • Otite, Onigu, 1987. "The impact and integration of behavioural sciences in the education of health care professionals," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 25(6), pages 599-604, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:25:y:1987:i:6:p:599-604
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