What term did Dr. Schwabe coin?

• A. One Medicine (integrating aspects of human and animal health)
• B. One Health (integrating aspects of human and animal health)
• C. Zoonotic Medicine
• D. Integrated Medicine

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is recognizing that human and animal health share the same biological foundations and should be treated together. Dr. Schwabe introduced the term One Medicine to emphasize that medicine for people and animals is interconnected and that physicians and veterinarians should collaborate because many diseases cross species boundaries and share similar mechanisms. This concept laid the groundwork for what we now call One Health, which expands the partnership to include environmental factors and broader interdisciplinary work. So the best answer is the term One Medicine.

The other terms don’t fit as the coinage by Schwabe. Zoonotic Medicine isn’t a standard, widely used term; Integrated Medicine refers to a holistic approach within human healthcare and isn’t about integrating human and animal health specifically; One Health is the modern evolution of the idea, but it’s a later term that grew from Schwabe’s concept rather than the term he coined.