Comunicação médica: história, estórias e os ABO

Abstract

Communication is one of the most used tools in the practice of medicine. Interpersonal communication with patients and families; information to colleagues in the eye meetings or publications; or even communication with the public through the media on a large scale, either through conventional or electronic ways are part of the efficient medical work.Many ophthalmologists contributed to disseminate and advance knowledge by written communication, not just by their genuine observations, but also combining it with the capacity (learned and exercised) to inform them along.The ABO (Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia) has been for decades a repository of new observations and advances in ophthalmology. This is being supported by the continuous voluntary contribution of ophthalmologists and other professionals in communicate their observations. Like other forms of communication, writing also has been changing over time.