The Role of Social Sciences in Healing: Physician Ethics, Professional Culture, and Worldview Development in Modern Medicine

Healing is shaped not only by biomedical interventions but also by social context, ethical judgment, professional culture, and the physician’s worldview. This paper synthesizes social-science and medical-humanities perspectives and proposes a four-domain framework: context-sensitive healing, ethical action as trust infrastructure, professional culture as ethics-in-action, and worldview development as reflective competence. The analysis indicates that social sciences enhance diagnostic reasoning, adherence, patient safety, and equity by addressing non-medical determinants of health. International ethics standards provide normative guidance for autonomy, non-discrimination, confidentiality, and human rights, while humanities-based education can strengthen empathy when integrated into feasible clinical workflows. Practical recommendations are offered for curricula and healthcare organizations, emphasizing outcome-based evaluation rather than procedural metrics.