Date:	Sun, 5 May 1996 14:20:19 -0300
From:	Administrador del Nodo <Postmaster@valerio.org.ar>
To:	redlat-sp@rcp.net.pe
Cc:	salud@opsarg.sld.ar
Subject: redlat-sp: La profesion medica.
==========================================================
>
>>From Postmaster Sat, 04 May 96 20:26:35 ARG remote from valerio
>>Received: by valerio.org.ar (UUPC/PcCorreo 3.0) with UUCP; Sat, 04 May 96 20:26:35 ARG
>>Date: Sat, 04 May 96 20:26:35 ARG
>>From: Administrador del Nodo <Postmaster@valerio.org.ar>
>>Message-ID: <321ed193@valerio.org.ar>
>>X-Mailer: UUPC/PcCorreo 3.0
>>To: calmed-l@opsarg.sld.ar
>>Subject: La profesion medica.
>>
>>San Isidro, 4 de Mayo de 1996.
>>
>>Dr. Miguel Angel Rodriguez Fernandez.
>>
>>Apreciado Miguel Angel:
>>
>>Con una cierta demora contesto al mail que le enviaste al Dr. Menares el 26 de
>>Abril ppdo.
>>
>>Disiento con la definicion de que el medico es un profesional-comerciante
>>porque "vende" un servicio. Un arquitecto puede "vender" el proyecto y
>>construccion de una casa. Un contador publico puede "vender" la preparacion de
>>un balance. Pero considerar que un medico "vende" salud es prostituir la base
>>misma de la medicina, su vision humanistica, la relacion medico-paciente como
>>un acto de fe.
>>
>>Agrego un texto que he recortado de una conocida publicacion medica, el
>>"Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons", que define mejor que yo lo que
>>significa la medicina como profesion:
>>
>>DEFINING PROFESSIONALISM: 
>> 
>>The word "profession" comes from the Latin word "profiteri", "to declare 
>>aloud, to make a public avowal."  It entered the English language in the 
>>13th century to signify the act of public avowal and entry into a religious 
>>order. In the 16th century it included the public declaration of certain 
>>skills for the service of others, as in the professions of medicine, law, 
>>or ministry.  
>> 
>>Great leaders and scholars wrote on medicine as a profession. William Osler 
>>described medicine as "an art not a trade; a calling not a business; a 
>>calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head." 
>>He noted four major features of the medical profession: 1) its noble 
>>ancestry, which originated in the critical and skeptical approach of the 
>>Hippocratic School; 2) its remarkable solidarity; 3) its progressive 
>>character, and 4) its singular beneficence, in that medicine does the work 
>>of charity." Justice Brandeis defined three features of a profession: the 
>>necessary preliminary training, which is intellectual (knowledge as 
>>distinguished from skill); the work, which is pursued primarily for others 
>>and not merely for one's self; and the fact that the amount of financial 
>>return is not the only measure of success.
>>
>>Esta es la profesion medica en la que yo creo.
>>
>>Valerio.
>
>                                   =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
>                                        Valerio Yacubsohn
>                                        postmaster@valerio.org.ar
>                                   =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
>
>


Subject: gopher RLSP/ item 3.5 / V. Yacubsohn: La profesion medica (medico: no comerciante)
.