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Why paleomedicine is useful for medical education.

Philippe CharlierSimon DonnellDonatella LippiAndreas NerlichVictor AsensiAntonio PerciaccanteOtto AppenzellerRaffaella Bianucci
Published in: Postgraduate medical journal (2020)
What is the place of medico-historical cases in the professional practice of the disciplinary field of medicine and biology? How can these patients from the past be used for teaching and continuing medical education? How to justify their place in biomedical publications? In this article, we explain all the legitimacy of paleomedicine, and the need to intensify such research in the form of a well-individualised branch of paleopathology and the history of medicine.
Keyphrases
  • medical education
  • end stage renal disease
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • healthcare
  • chronic kidney disease
  • prognostic factors
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • patient reported outcomes
  • medical students