"Time to care: why the humanities and the social sciences belong in the science of health" c/o BMJ Open

Reflections on this BMJ Open paper:

Care must become a truly pluralistic concept

THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH

has a requirement -

<  HOLISTIC (conceptual) BANDWIDTH  >

Consider the meaning of:

interdisciplinary

"radical interdisciplinary"

multidisciplinary

transdisciplinary

systems of systems

individual

|

INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES

HUMANITIES ------------------------------------------- SCIENCES

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL

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group - population

Psychological - Sense of Well-being Emotional contentment purposes mental health conceptual integration individual action (intentionality) PsychoSocial OR Socio-Psychological Youth activity Subjective	Biological (models here)* "Time to care"? Pre-morbid, Diagnosis, Present, Prognosis Chronological : Pathological TI:ME TI:ME Clinical encounter obesity, cancer, diabetes ... methodologies, methods, practical process -TECHNICAL          Objective
Qualitiative  SOCIO- practice parenting, civil society (families, school, churches, scout, unions) Social Sciences (Medical Sociology) Social Determinants "psychosociocultural" 'folk' theories, group dynamics CUL- deep knowledge -TURE History (Community Memory) Social Learning / UnLearning	Quantitative Government policy individual - WHO - POPULATION Burden of Disease, Budgets public health programmes  inc. immunization  Healthcare systems HIC ---- LMIC sugar tax, commerce Transportation SDGs

*remote from the 'real' action?

Interdisciplinarity, or even radical indisciplinarity is insufficient to solve the problems of the 21st Century - ask our children... It not only sounds like they can see the evidence, but they are prepared to act on it. They have no choice:

A transdisciplinary approach with AI in humanistic harness will be essential.

Reference:
Clarke B, Ghiara V, Russo F Time to care: why the humanities and the social sciences belong in the science of health BMJ Open 2019;9:e030286. 

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030286