Professional paper
The Contributions of Several Physicians to the Recent History of Healthcare in Koprivnica
Sanja Švarc Janjanin
; Dr. Tomislav Bardek General Hospital, Koprivnica, Croatia
Abstract
Following a short introduction to the history of healthcare in Koprivnica, with a particular focus on the significance of Dr. M. Kasumović and his universality - typical of the method of work in hospitals at the time - a description is given of the founding of new specialised hospital departments, initiated with the arrival of the first surgeon in the person of Dr. L. Jurčić. A special place in this new era belongs to a series of seven women physicians - the first specialists and founders of new activities. Their pioneering work and the great significance of their activity to the further development of healthcare in Koprivnica is described chronologically.
Keywords
history of healthcare in Koprivnica; Public Healthcare Centre; General Hospital; Healthcare Centre; specialised occupations; women physicians; significance
Hrčak ID:
78149
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2007.
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