The Family of Sciences – Where and How to Position Transfusion Medicine?

Abstract

Transfusion medicine has come a long way, largely in the shadow of other fields of science and medical practice, virtually a Cinderella position.

Its comprehensiveness (vein-to-vein) provides a unique scenery and environment to bridge with the many supportive scientific disciplines. Most of these are beta or exact sciences, but over the past decades increasingly ‘soft sciences’ like sociology and environmental psychology, and the group of applied exact sciences (gamma sciences) have been discovered like pharmaco-economy and bridged enriching the field and profession. Today there is a growing interest in the application of ICT and artificial intelligence.