Current discussions in our team have put the notion of a health system to the test. For our purpose "health system" is highly problematic. Obviously the pluralistic character of "medical systems" has been understood today. Still, health system's planners do not problematize the systemic character enough. As working terms, I will test "health structure/therapeutical services structure/public health structure" and "health organisation/therpeutical services organisation/public health organisation" to get rid of "health system" as term for analytical purposes. To reflect the manyfold medical and (social etc..) environmental components that constitute the ecology of health and disease in specific situations, I will have to reflect on these terms: "healthsituation"; "oikos of health"; "healthscape"...
If you have any suggestions?
