Improving Medical Education: Enhancing the Behavioral and...
Institute Of Medicine / Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Hea / Committee on Behavioral and Social Scien
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,...