Trabalhadores, tecnologia e saúde

A construção da cardiologia como especialidade médica no Brasil (décadas de 1930 e 1940)

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ID5199501
AutoresSimone Petraglia Kropf (0000-0002-9005-7160, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Fascículo182
Páginas1-32
Data de publicação2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRevista de História (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0034-8309 • E-ISSN: 2316-9141
EditoraUniversidade de São Paulo. Agência de Bibliotecas e Coleções Digitais (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2023.195844
OpenAlexW4385484804
IdiomaPT
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas6

The article examines the constitution of cardiology as a medical specialty in Brazil in the 1930s and 1940s. In the context of the implementation of the social protection system by the Getúlio Vargas administration, cardiovascular diseases gained visibility in the debate on the health and productivity of urban workers. Some physicians argued that the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of these diseases required specialized knowledge and practices, such as electrocardiography. The dissemination of this technology in Brazil benefited from exchanges with US doctors, intensified at the time by the Good Neighbor Policy. We argue that the establishment of cardiology as a specialty resulted from the association between demands for the reproduction of the workforce, socio-professional interests in the medical field, and transnational networks of inter-American scientific cooperation

Humanities · Political science · History of Medicine and Tropical Health · Medicine · Philosophy