Improving Medical Education: Enhancing the Behavioral and Social Science Content of Medical School Curricula

by National Research Council

Roughly half of all deaths in the United States are linked to behavioral and social factors. The leading causes of preventable death and disease in the United States are smoking, sedentary lifestyle, along with poor dietary habits, and alcohol consumption. To make measurable improvements in the health of Americans, physicians must be equipped with the knowledge and skills from the behavioral and social sciences needed to recognize, understand, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030909142X
• ISBN13: 9780309091428
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 168 Pages