1 9 5 2 . ▁He ▁identified ▁a ▁need ▁for ▁future ▁anth rop ological ▁study ▁of ▁hosp it als . ▁ ▁After ▁this ▁study , ▁Ca ud ill ▁published ▁an ▁article ▁in ▁Science ▁that ▁drew ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁emer ging ▁field ▁of ▁medical ▁anth rop ology . ▁ ▁In ▁" An th rop ology ▁in ▁Medicine ," ▁Ca ud ill ▁brought ▁light ▁to ▁recent ▁inter dis cipl inary ▁scholar ship , ▁which ▁he ▁identified ▁as ▁critical ▁in ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁medical ▁anth rop ology . ▁ ▁He ▁wrote : ▁Social ▁anth rop olog ists ▁and ▁other ▁social ▁scient ists ▁have ▁been ▁doing ▁unusual ▁things ▁of ▁late : ▁particip ating ▁with ▁phys icians ▁in ▁con ferences ▁in ▁social ▁medicine , ▁teaching ▁in ▁medical ▁schools , ▁working ▁with ▁public ▁health ▁services ▁in ▁Peru , ▁studying ▁the ▁social ▁structure ▁of ▁hosp it als , ▁interview ing ▁patients ▁about ▁to ▁under go ▁pl astic ▁surg ery , ▁and ▁doing ▁psych other apy ▁with ▁Pla ins ▁Indians . ▁ ▁These ▁activities ▁are ▁indic ative ▁of ▁a ▁tent ative ▁l ia ison ▁between ▁social ▁science ▁and ▁medicine ; ▁but ▁as ▁yet ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁little ▁real ▁inter communic ation . ▁ ▁Ca ud ill ▁noted ▁that ▁increased ▁communication ▁between ▁special ists ▁in ▁medicine ▁and ▁the ▁social ▁sciences ▁would ▁help ▁develop ▁this ▁field : ▁a ▁field ▁which ▁he ▁c ited ▁as ▁integral ▁to ▁the ▁understanding ▁and ▁management ▁of ▁society ' s ▁ill s . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁Ca ud ill ▁under to ok ▁a ▁more ▁int ensive