Research and Medical Practice: their interaction -- Contents -- Introduction -- Delineation of clinical conditions: conceptual model of 'physical' and 'mental' disorders -- Discussion -- Structural determinants of disease and their contribution to clinical and scientific progress -- Discussion -- Clinical science -- The value to medical practice of basic and applied medical research done twenty years ago -- Discussion of the two preceding papers -- The assessment of efficacy, toxicity and quality of care in long-term drug treatment -- Discussion -- Discussion: Research and the cost of treatment -- Problem-solving in science -- Discussion -- Fundamental research in molecular biology: its relevance to medicine -- Discussion -- French medical research: the risk of 'demedicalization' -- Discussion -- Health services research: why and how? -- Discussion -- Client-oriented medicine -- Discussion -- Government needs and public expectations -- Discussion -- The international coordination of biomedical research -- Discussion -- GENERAL DISCUSSION: Research, practice and education -- Index of contributors -- Subject index.