Traumatismo encefalocraneano: conceptos fisiológicos y fisiopatológicos para un manejo racional / Traumatic brain injury physiological and physiopathological concepts for a rational management

RESUMO

The role of Family Medicine as an academic discipline requires a reflection. A definition of Family Medicine is advanced in line with a recent proposal of WONCA Europe including some fundamental aspects in the practice of any family doctor. A set of criteria for considering a medical subject as a discipline is analyzed and discussed with reference to Family Medicine. A unique field of action, an established body of knowledge, a set of analytical techniques, an specific area of research, its own philosophy, and a training which is intellectually rigorous, are all criteria that Family Medicine fulfils. Family Medicine is a medical discipline with a clear definition and it can be consider