From Biological Sciences to Social Sciences-A Shift in Medicine Dr Kote Sowmya*, Dr Kote Sunder K** * MDS, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, KGF college of dental sciences, KGF, Kolar, Karnataka ** MDS, Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Madha dental college and hospital, Chennai, Tamilnadu Online published on 28 July, 2016. Abstract Science is the study of natural process and biological science is a study of the organic process by which individuals are maintained. Social science is the study of the natural process by which personality is formed and cultural continuity maintained. Biological science proceeds by the formulation and testing of concepts, amending, enlarging, and replacing them as fact and experience, seen through the glass of wisdom. The social sciences consist only of attempts to apply known techniques of observation, experimentation, and logic to man's total behaviour as a rational and emotional animal, and to the groups through which he acts and relates himself to others. Today, many problems of concrete reality involve elements of both processes. In such case, either process may b. Abstracted for purposes of scientific study. Either process may give rise to problems in the other field. Thus, health today is not on the periphery of man‘s history but at or very near centre. Health was traditionally equated to the absence of disease. Such a narrow scope on health limited our understanding of wellbeing, thwarted our treatments efforts, and perhaps more importantly, suppressed prevention measures. To provide a basis for understanding the determinants of disease and arriving at a rational treatments and patterns of health care, a medical model must also take into account the patient, the social context in which he lives. The BPS Model of health and illness includes biological, psychological, and sociological interconnected spectrums, each as systems of the body. In fact, there is a dramatic shift in focus from disease to health, recognizing that psychosocial factors (e.g. beliefs, relationships, stress) greatly impact recovery, the progression of and recuperation from illness and disease. Thus, the social sciences may, because of the material with which they deal, be expected to develop broadening concepts dealing with man's relations with man, which when institutionalized may lead to a richer life. Top Keywords social, science, public, health, medicine. Top |