The role of the Sociology of Health and Medicine in the current debate on interdisciplinarity in Social Sciences
Journal title SALUTE E SOCIETÀ
Author/s Roberto Vignera
Publishing Year 2012 Issue 2012/
Language English Pages 24 P. 131-154 File size 145 KB
DOI 10.3280/SES2012-002009EN
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Since the earliest phases of its institutionalization, the sociology of health and medicine has played an increasingly central role within the more general context of sociological thinking. Its prospects are further heightened in the context of the current debate on the interactions between the social sciences and fields of knowledge like cognitive science, behavioral genetics, neurosciences, which are becoming more and more closely engaged with the study of Human Social Behavior. This mediation role, however, finds it difficult to manifest itself due to the various theoretical and epistemological inclinations that sociology has relied on to solidify its own identity and stand apart from the formal criteria used in other scholarly contexts.
Keywords: Interdisciplinarity; mathematical modeling of social phenomena; social system and sociology of medicine; sociology, neurosciences and behavioral genetics.
Roberto Vignera, The role of the Sociology of Health and Medicine in the current debate on interdisciplinarity in Social Sciences in "SALUTE E SOCIETÀ" /2012, pp 131-154, DOI: 10.3280/SES2012-002009EN