Of "dictator doctors" and "subjected patients": Tuberculosis in action. Argentina 1920-1940

The traditional history of medicine has been a history of changes in treatments and biographies of famous doctors. Beyond its specific contributions, it is a story that dialogues not badly with social and cultural history and seems determined, above all, to reconstruct the "inevitable progress&...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Armus, Diego
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1999
Country:Perú
Institution:Universidad Católica San Pablo
Repository:Revistas - Universidad Católica San Pablo
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.ucsp.edu.pe:article/645
Online Access:https://revistas.ucsp.edu.pe/index.php/Allpanchis/article/view/645
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:tubercolosis
Argentina
siglo XX
políticas sanitarias
20th century
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Summary:The traditional history of medicine has been a history of changes in treatments and biographies of famous doctors. Beyond its specific contributions, it is a story that dialogues not badly with social and cultural history and seems determined, above all, to reconstruct the "inevitable progress" generated by certified medicine, to unify the past of an increasingly specialized profession and highlight certain ethics and moral philosophy that are intended to be distinctive and emblematic of medical practice over the years.