Perspektive razvoja sociologije medicine u Bosni i Hercegovini
Perspectives of Development of Medical Sociology in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Summary/Abstract: Medical sociology has become a major sociological discipline and the most developed branch within the association of sociologists worldwide. Its role in fields such as public health, management in health care, nursing and clinical medicine, is gaining in importance. This text considers the position of sociology of medicine in Bosnia and Herzegovina and preconditions for its further development, especially in the field of empirical researches in health. Although the research contribution of sociology of medicine at the world level is increasing, this field is quite neglected in Bosnia and Herzegovina. One of the reasons for its underdevelopment is insufficient representation of this discipline at universities and faculties of medical and social orientation. The second reason is certainly related to the lack of adequate multidisciplinary researches involving socio - medical approach to health issues. Concerning the situation in the health sector, not only in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also at the global level, the need for sociological research in the field of analysis and designing health policies is increasing . Therefore, this kind of research presents a major challenge for the sociology of medicine, not only in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also worldwide.

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