Political and social context of medicine – from renaissance to Brazil’s nowadays
The history of medicine permeates different times, from its empirical and undervalued initial practice to the scientific and technological development, able to bring doctors, as a professional, to the society’s center. True enough , the interference of historical social changes affected the underst...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Revista Saúde.com |
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| Online Access: | http://www.uesb.br/revista/rsc/v10/v10n4a010.pdf |
| Summary: | The history of medicine permeates different times, from its empirical and undervalued initial practice to the scientific and technological development, able to bring doctors, as a professional, to the society’s center. True enough , the interference of historical social changes affected the understanding of the physician's role in communities, specially after public health principles’s emergence, driven by the industrial revolution . This study aims to describe the influence of historical moments in the way physicioans are inserted and valued in society, through a historical review of the scientific literature. |
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| ISSN: | 1809-0761 1809-0761 |