Making social sciences foundational to academic medicine.
Despite longstanding evidence of the enormous impact of socioeconomic conditions on population health, social sciences remain marginal to academic medicine. In this Perspective, we propose the integration of social sciences into the three pillars of academic medicine-education, research, and clinica...
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| author | Sahar Sadjadi Lisa Barkley Rebecca Jordan-Young Helena Hansen |
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| description | Despite longstanding evidence of the enormous impact of socioeconomic conditions on population health, social sciences remain marginal to academic medicine. In this Perspective, we propose the integration of social sciences into the three pillars of academic medicine-education, research, and clinical practice-to build the theoretical and methodological foundations for identifying the mechanisms through which social and community factors shape health and disease, and to advance sustainable community engagement in the creation of medical knowledge. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b21e902320d64c33b2eecc32750f93b12025-08-20T03:31:53ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Medicine1549-12771549-16762025-06-01226e100464910.1371/journal.pmed.1004649Making social sciences foundational to academic medicine.Sahar SadjadiLisa BarkleyRebecca Jordan-YoungHelena HansenDespite longstanding evidence of the enormous impact of socioeconomic conditions on population health, social sciences remain marginal to academic medicine. In this Perspective, we propose the integration of social sciences into the three pillars of academic medicine-education, research, and clinical practice-to build the theoretical and methodological foundations for identifying the mechanisms through which social and community factors shape health and disease, and to advance sustainable community engagement in the creation of medical knowledge.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004649 |
| spellingShingle | Sahar Sadjadi Lisa Barkley Rebecca Jordan-Young Helena Hansen Making social sciences foundational to academic medicine. PLoS Medicine |
| title | Making social sciences foundational to academic medicine. |
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