• J Eval Clin Pract · Oct 2022

    A reflection on health and disease amid COVID-19 pandemic.

    • Si-Woon Park.
    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, International St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic Kwandong University, Incheon, South Korea.
    • J Eval Clin Pract. 2022 Oct 1; 28 (5): 711716711-716.

    AbstractCoronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is persisting for more than a year and it's still far from being controlled. It is making a big impact not only on physical illness but also on mental and social aspects. In this situation, we need to reflect on current medical society's view of disease and health. The dominant paradigm in contemporary medicine is the reductionist view of disease and the biomedical model of health. As a result, the healthcare system seems to be more focused on virus eradication than on patient care. We need to look back on this position in view of humanities and ethics and broaden our perspective to an ecological view of disease and the sociomedical model of health. The quarantine and health care policy also needs to be re-built with more focus on patient care.© 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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