Keynote address: the calculus of  disease-importance of an integrating mindset.
"The concept of One Medicine integrates the diverse relationships between humans and other animal species. Success in applying this concept requires more than the left-brain activities of categorizing and differentiating items and events. Success requires that we also allow ourselves-encourage ourselves-to use the right-brain activities of synthesis and creativity. If we find success in One Medicine, we shall have enhanced our positive influence on activities beyond what we typically consider"Veterinary Medicine"; we will have benefited the production of food and other agricultural products, the maintenance of environmental quality, and promoted humane values in society.
Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8737, USA. tschwabe@erols.com
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D000818:Animals; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004520:Education, Veterinary; D004813:Epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008511:Medicine; D012106:Research; D014730:Veterinary Medicine