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What do medical professionals think of TV series depicting their discipline? Eighteen authors analyze series such as House M.D., CSI, Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead from the viewpoint of their field of study. They do so in Medicine in Television Series, published by the Dr. Antonio Esteve Foundation, based in Barcelona. The book is…
2017Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish and Catalan.
2017In our country, philanthropy is taking on more importance in the field of research, similarly to our environment, where it is the first beneficiary of donations, maintaining strong growth. In countries such as France and Italy, philanthropy represents between 2 and 3% of total income of research, with 600 and 930 M€. In the United…
2017Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish and Catalan.
2017Although this tool is practically unknown in our country, comic has been used for years overseas, as a teaching resource in Medical studies. Prestigious centres like Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore, in the United States, have not only used it for a long time in their medical schools, but even organize international congresses on comic.…
2016What priorities should a government have in its health policies? Twelve experts in public health provide Spanish politicians with a roadmap to draw up the most effective policy in improving public health. Coordinated by the ex-director general of public health Ildefonso Hernández and published by the Esteve Foundation, the book Definición de prioridades en las políticas…
2016Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Medicine is full of terms that originate from people who played a decisive role in its discovery, or places and institutions from where they were identified. Elena Guardiola and Josep-Eladi Baños, of the department of experimental sciences and health of Universidad Pompeu Fabra, present the latest volume of the…
2016¿Qué opinión tienen los profesionales de la medicina sobre las series que abordan su disciplina? Dieciocho autores analizan series como House, CSI, Breaking Bad o The Walking Dead desde la perspectiva de su campo de estudio. Lo hacen en La medicina en las series de televisión, un nuevo cuaderno de la Fundación Dr. Antonio Esteve…
2016“Sceptics are people who, far from accepting everything they are told, have doubts. They analyse data assessing how they were obtained, they seek counterexamples, revise efficacy, examine compatibility with other generally established principles and the consequences of their application. They do not accept the principle of authority or tradition, but the principle of proof”. This…
2016This is a legal act in which a person voluntarily agrees to participate in clinical research. Informed consent involves the application of the bioethical principle of autonomy, and also constitutes a legal requirement. However, in order for the document to be valid, the patient should have received full information from the researcher, from the objectives…
2015
