Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 40 No. (1-4), 2008.
Review article
From society to study: process of institutionalization of medical education in Osijek
Stella Fatović-Ferenčić
Antun Tucak
Abstract
In realization of establishing the higher medical education in Croatia the crucial role was played by strengthening of medical doctor social class .The foundation of Medical Association of the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia in Zagreb and Society of Slavonian Physicians in Osijek at the beginning of the year 1874 is the start of systematic and intense campaign for the Faculty of Medicine, at the same time inseparable from the battle for survival of the Croatian national identity. This process is closely connected with the development of health care as well as its institutionalization, processes which had been intensified during the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century. Based on existing documents, newspaper articles and published literature, this paper reconstructs key phases of social, political and health care development, as well as their influence on realization of the pursuit to found Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine. Specific determinants of health care institutionalization and professionalization crucial for the development of higher medical education of the region of Slavonia are being analyzed as a part of that goal.
Keywords
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine - development; History of medicine in Croatia; Health care - development; Medical professional associations - development; Osijek; The 19th century: The 20th century; Slavonia; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
191468
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2008.
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