Increasing the collaboration between human and animal medicine: an effort of the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM)

Authors

  • Hubert Blum Department of Medicine II, University Hospital of Freiburg, Germany
  • Paolo Villari Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  • Luigi Frati Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2427/6334

Abstract

Human medicine and animal medicine have developed as "one medicine" starting from the times in which their bases were laid until the mid 18th century when specialisation proved necessary.The separation has been the logical consequence of the construction of different fields of action, made necessary by the evolution of the disciplines and of the social and economic context, but common areas have remained relevant and are strongly required by modern developments...

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Published

2012-06-30

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2012)

Section

Editorial