A dinâmica hospitalar da Maternidade Dr. João Moreira, em Fortaleza, nas primeiras décadas do século XX

Abstract

Maternidade Dr. João Moreira, the first women's hospital in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, was founded in March 1915. It was created with the goal of reducing infant mortality during childbirth and made the female body an object of medical practice in the city. Its wards were used not just by the city's womenfolk, but also for midwife training courses. In this study, we analyze the dynamics inside the institution: its spatial organization, its healing and disciplinary methods, its relationship with its patients, its medical staff, etc. Statistical records and clinical case studies produced by doctors were important sources of research in this, one of the first initiatives in the development of obstetrics in the state of Ceará.

La Mortalidad Infantil durante el Gobierno de la Unidad Popular (Santiago de Chile, 1970-1973)

“…También se ha señalado el papel de las prácticas médicas en los cuidados infantiles, sobre todo los efectos de la atención profesional con relación a los problemas nutricionales y a los tratamientos para afecciones gastrointestinales (Luna Freire, 2008;Di Liscia, 2002). En ese contexto, los gobiernos cumplieron un rol determinante al llevar a cabo políticas que permitieron identificar las principales enfermedades infantiles y, lentamente, respaldar las reformas de la administración médica (Medeiros, 2013;Biernat;Ramacciotti, 2008;Birn, 2007). Otra de las aristas se ha preocupado en abordar la medicalización infantil y la aplicación de los conocimientos médicos en las comunidades (Rauld, 2020;Díaz;Hurtado, 1993).…”