Can we cure our patients in palliative care?

With the publication of Flexner report in 1910 and implementation in 1913, with the Rockefeller Foundation and Carnegie Foundation behind it, all medical schools on the main continents of the planet (America, Europe, and Asia) had to adapt to follow the new model of a so-called scientific school. Schools that did not meet the Flexner criteria had to be closed, such as those teaching herbal medicine, naturopathy, homeopathy, etc and only 20% of the schools maintain working. The history of medicine in USA was written by King (1984) in the article entitled XX. The Flexner Report of 1910 [1].

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Katherine Angel, Edgar Jones and Michael Neve (eds), European psychiatry on the eve of war: Aubrey Lewis, the Maudsley Hospital and the Rockefeller Foundation in the 1930s, Medical History, Supplement No 22, London, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London, 2003, pp. 195, illus, £32.00, US$50.00 (hardback 0-85484-092-3).

Medical History ◽

10.1017/s0025727300008760 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 49 (2) ◽

pp. 236-237

Author(s):

Jean-Christophe Coffin

Keyword(s):

History Of Medicine ◽

Medical History ◽

Rockefeller Foundation ◽

University College ◽

History Of ◽

University College London

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History of Medicine student selected components at UK medical schools: a questionnaire-based study

JRSM Short Reports ◽

10.1258/shorts.2011.011077 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (10) ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Neil H Metcalfe ◽

Andrew K Brown

Keyword(s):

History Of Medicine ◽

Medical Schools ◽

History Of

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O Estudo da Morte e dos Cuidados Paliativos: Ausências no Currículo de Medicina./ The Study of Death and Palliative Care: Curriculum in the Absence of Medicine.

REVISTA CIÊNCIAS EM SAÚDE ◽

10.21876/rcsfmit.v3i3.243 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 74-86

Author(s):

Maria das Graças Mota Cruz de Assis Figueiredo ◽

Rita de Cassia M. T. Stano

Keyword(s):

Palliative Care ◽

Medical Education ◽

Professional Practice ◽

Medical Schools ◽

The Body ◽

The Family ◽

Current Scenario ◽

History Of ◽

Education In Brazil ◽

De Medicina

O presente artigo acompanha a história da formação médica no Brasil e levanta algumas das origens do cenário atual da prática da medicina no país, considerada como bastante resolutiva na busca da cura do corpo, mas despreparada para a abordagem do sofrimento global que acompanha o processo de adoecimento e da morte. As autoras enfatizam a necessidade de reavaliação crítica dos currículos das escolas de formação médica, buscando-se aliar à excelência técnica da prática profissional, valores como o cuidado integral ao doente por detrás da doença, e a atenção às necessidades deste e da família quando se avizinha a morte. Com base na sua experiência no ensino da Disciplina de Tanatologia e Cuidados Paliativos em duas Faculdades de Medicina, o artigo aponta como um dos caminhos para a construção de uma nova base curricular, mais responsivo à necessidade de profissionais e doentes, o ensino desta Disciplina nas diversas escolas médicas do país. Palavras-chave: Tanatologia, Cuidados Paliativos, Currículo. ABSTRACT This article outlines the history of medical education in Brazil and raises some of the origins of the current scenario of medical practice in the country, considered as quite resolute in the pursuit of healing the body, but unprepared for addressing global suffering that accompanies the process of illness and death. The author emphasizes the need for critical reappraisal of curricula of medical education, seeking to combine technical excellence in professional practice, values as comprehensive care for the patient behind the disease, and attention to the needs of the family and when approaching death. Based on his experience in teaching discipline Thanatology and Palliative Care in two medical schools, the article points out how one of the ways to build a new base curriculum more responsive to the needs of professionals and patients, the teaching of this discipline in several medical schools in the country. Keywords: Thanatology, Palliative Care, Curriculum.

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