ABSTRACT
Resumo O artigo analisa como o periódico Jornal do Médico, editado na cidade do Porto, em Portugal, divulgou o desastre da talidomida. A pesquisa percorreu as páginas da fonte desde o início de 1960 até o final de 1962. Aqui, objetivam-se apontar e discutir duas questões interligadas: a morosidade em publicar matérias sobre os efeitos deletérios do medicamento, vendido no país sob a denominação Softenon®, e a construção discursiva da isenção da responsabilidade do médico no fenômeno da iatrogenia medicamentosa.
Abstract This article analyzes the way the Porto-based journal Jornal do Médico reported on the thalidomide disaster. The pages of the publication are researched from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1962 with the aim of identifying and discussing two interconnected questions: the delay in publishing news on the harmful effects of the drug, which was sold in the country under the brand name Softenon®, and the discursive construction of a lack of accountability on the part of physicians for the phenomenon of medication iatrogenesis.
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Humans , Female , Pregnancy , Infant, Newborn , History, 20th Century , Periodicals as Topic/history , Teratogens/history , Thalidomide/history , Abnormalities, Drug-Induced/history , Advertising/history , Portugal/epidemiology , Thalidomide/adverse effects , Abnormalities, Drug-Induced/epidemiology , Editorial Policies , Drug and Narcotic Control/history , Stillbirth , Fetus/drug effects , Sleep Aids, Pharmaceutical/adverse effects , Sleep Aids, Pharmaceutical/historyABSTRACT
Antecedentes: Aunque se asume que Guatemala,como país, publica poco en revistasacadémicas internacionalmente catalogadascomo prestigiosas, se desconocen estudios quenos aporten cifras concretas sobre su producciónde publicaciones médicas. Objetivo:Conocer la producción de publicaciones médicasde Guatemala y su aporte a la producciónuniversal, de Latinoamérica y de Centroamérica.Material y Método: Investigación secundariabasada en los datos crudos disponibles en laplataforma de acceso libre denominada TheSCImago Journal & Country Rank. Resultados:La producción de publicaciones médicas deGuatemala ha sido de aproximadamente 40documentos por año durante los últimos 24años.
Antecedents: Even though it is assumed thatGuatemala, as a country, publishes little in medicaljournals internationally ranked, no studiesare known that show actual numbers on theproduction of medical publications. Objective:To find out Guatemalas production of medicalpublications and the contribution of that productionto the total production of the world, of LatinAmerica and of Central America. Material yMethod: This is a secondary research that analyzesrow data available on the free accessplatform denominated The SCImago Journal &Country Rank. Results: The production of medicalpublications by Guatemala has been about40 documents per year during the last 24 years.