Resumen

DIAS-LIMA, Artur. Ecologia médica: uma visão holística no contexto das enfermidades humanas. Rev. Bras. Educ. Med. [online]. 2014, vol.38, n.02, pp.165-172. ISSN 1981-5271.

This essay is aimed at reflecting on medical ecology and discussing how health professionals and people in general relate to the environment. An exploratory and descriptive study, it investigates such relationships through literary and internet searches for the keywords “Ecologia Médica” and “Medical Ecology”. Scholars on the issue maintain that physicians are trained to treat problems at an individual level and not to work at the ecosystem level. Likewise, undergraduate students of health and environmental fields such as nursing, biology, biomedicine and pharmacy are not taught about disease prevention and control in the context of medical ecology. Health professionals, especially those in medicine and nursing, should trained in critical analysis of the challenges they face in this area, so as to become agents of change and deep transformation in the processes of health, environment and prevention of human diseases, based on the principles and reflections of medical ecology.

Palabras clave : Health Education; Environment and Health; Medical Education.

        · resumen en Portugués     · texto en Portugués     · Portugués ( pdf )