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Esta obra es la autobiografía de un ex Decano de la Faculdad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile, durante la época de la Reforma Universitaria (1968-1973), prologada por el ex Presidente Ricardo Lagos Escobar, quien fuera a la vez Secretario General de dicha Universidad en ese periodo. En un volumen con 12 capítulos, tres anexos con documentos y numerosas fotografías con importantes personajes de la vida política de Chile, esta autobiografía se puede dividir en tres partes. En la primera, el autor describe sus antecedentes familiares y su educación de pre y post grado, en Chile y en el extranjero. La segunda parte culmina con la Reforma Universitaria, el gobierno de la Unidad Popular y el golpe de Estado de 1973. La parte final trata de su exilio en Inglaterra, sus éxitos académicos y el retorno a Chile, en 1989. donde colabora en la renovación de los Estatutos de su Universidad y es nombrado Profesor Emérito.
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Humanos , Pessoas Famosas , Médicos/história , História da Medicina , ChileRESUMO
The author narrates his trips, between 1951 and 2006, to the main historical sites of antique medicine, where physicians of pre-Columbian cultures of Mexico and Peru, Egypt, Greco Latin culture and Islamic civilizations, lived. The trip ends with a visit to medieval European medicine before Renaissance. A description of the main historical sites and the features of these medical and sanitary cultures is made. In antique civilizations, diseases were considered a punishment of pagan deities. Supernatural and magical influences were decisive in medical practice. The Greco Latin culture of Galen and Hippocrates freed manhood from these causes of diseases and gave a rational basis to the practice of medicine. The Islamic civilization allowed the transmission of Greco Latin culture to medieval Europe. This permitted the renaissance of European creativity and the foundation of modern scientific medicine in the sixteenth century. The author highlights the main virtues of classical Greco Latin medicine, that are the foundations of humanistic thoughts that will restrin the technological revolution of modern medicine.
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História da Medicina , Mundo Árabe , Cultura , Mundo Grego , História do Século XV , História do Século XVI , História Antiga , História Medieval , Medicina Arábica , Religião , Mundo Romano , Ciência/históriaRESUMO
The author narrates his trips, between 1951 and 2006, to the main historical sites of antique medicine, where physicians of pre-Columbian cultures of Mexico and Peru, Egypt, Greco Latin culture and Islamic civilizations, lived. The trip ends with a visit to medieval European medicine before Renaissance. A description of the main historical sites and the features of these medical and sanitary cultures is made. In antique civilizations, diseases were considered a punishment of pagan deities. Supernatural and magical influences were decisive in medical practice. The Greco Latin culture of Galen and Hippocrates freed manhood from these causes of diseases and gave a rational basis to the practice of medicine. The Islamic civilization allowed the transmission of Greco Latin culture to medieval Europe. This permitted the renaissance of European creativity and the foundation of modern scientific medicine in the sixteenth century. The author highlights the main virtues of classical Greco Latin medicine, that are the foundations of humanistic thoughts that will restrin the technological revolution of modern medicine.
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História do Século XV , História do Século XVI , História Antiga , História Medieval , História da Medicina , Mundo Árabe , Cultura , Mundo Grego , Medicina Arábica , Religião , Mundo Romano , Ciência/históriaRESUMO
The author narrates his trips, between 1951 and 2006, to the main historical sites of antique medicine, where physicians of pre-Columbian cultures of Mexico and Peru, Egypt, Greco Latin culture and Islamic civilizations, lived. The trip ends with a visit to medieval European medicine before Renaissance. A description of the main historical sites and the features of these medical and sanitary cultures is made. In antique civilizations, diseases were considered a punishment of pagan deities. Supernatural and magical influences were decisive in medical practice. The Greco Latin culture of Galen and Hippocrates freed manhood from these causes of diseases and gave a rational basis to the practice of medicine. The Islamic civilization allowed the transmission of Greco Latin culture to medieval Europe. This permitted the renaissance of European creativity and the foundation of modern scientific medicine in the sixteenth century. The author highlights the main virtues of classical Greco Latin medicine, that are the foundations of humanistic thoughts that will restrin the technological revolution of modern medicine. (AU)
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História do Século XVI , História da Medicina , Etnicidade/história , América LatinaAssuntos
Humanos , Bioética , Direitos Humanos , Nações Unidas , Comissão de Ética , InternacionalidadeRESUMO
In 1981, a supreme decree allowed the creation of private universities in Chile. As a consequence, 50 new universities were created in one decade, under the surveillance of the Council for Superior Education. This paper analyzes the evolution of this expansion process, that resulted in an admission of 370,000 students to 60 universities along the country, during 2004. At the moment, 42% of the universities, designed as traditional, receive state financing and 58% are private. Twenty six percent are owned by the state, 52% are secular and 22% are confessional. The 25 traditional universities are complex organizations of a high academic level. New private universities are only devoted to teaching and some have obtained their autonomy. Some have improved the quality of their academic staff, perform research and impart doctorate degrees. However, most are small and with a limited academic staff. Traditional universities are stratified in a superior level. Eight private universities and some regional institutions, that are becoming complex and performing research activities, are stratified in a middle level. Two thirds of the private universities are in the lower level. The expansion of superior education is a sign of the social and cultural progress that Chile has experienced.
