What is Health Science as Medicine? -the birth of initiative Medicine-

出版社版Recently we sometimes hear the word Health Science', but for many peopIe it is not so clear what health science means. The purpose of this Paper is to clarify the meaning and importance of this science in medicine. The definition of health is not so clear and we don't know the definite method to explore“health", which may be the reasons why it is difficult to discuss health science. As for the definition of health, some new concepts are developed:“subjective feeling of health' and “salutogenesis". According to Dr.Sukekata Kashiwa, health science belongs to the third sciences that set up the goal to realize and search the way to reach it rationalIy，Health is also an important goal for clinical medicine，but in this field health man mean setting the sick conditions back to the former states. Health science, however, intends to promote the individual and public health, therefore the health-scienctific approaches must be more pluralistic and comprehensive. In psychosomatic medicine，which is now regarded as the fundamental in clinical medicine,the biopsychosocioexistential medical model has been proposed. This model enables comprehensive medical practices but it does not mention the humanactivities. Dr.Kashiwa has proposed that the initiative and creative activities are principal in human beings.I believe that view of human being as biopsychosocioexistential medical model is indispensable for health science because people are not objects to be cured but main characters to pursue health by themselves through the consciousness of their death. Health science,there fore,means the birth of initiative medicine