Abstract
Medicine and the behavioral sciences are both concerned with the understanding and treatment of man. Consequently communication and co-operation between them are essential, so far as both the clients and the sciences are concerned. There are, however, various factors—ideological, practical, educational and semantic—which at present make such approaches difficult, sometimes even impossible. Is the present flight from general practice connected with this situation? Can the problems be solved without a medical education providing thorough instruction in the behavioral sciences and vice versa.
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