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Finland's journey to a welfare state has been long, from a very modest start. The history of modern medicine in Finland can be considered to have begun at 1640 when the first university of Finland, The Royal Academy of Turku, was established. At the time Finland was a part of the Swedish Empire. As the field of medicine did not enjoy very high ...
In Finland, there is a comprehensive national vaccination program. Child health clinics, school healthcare and local health centers offer vaccinations against 12 different diseases for every child, free of charge. HPV vaccines were given first to girls, but as of 2020, HPV vaccines are also offered to boys.
John Hunter (1728–1793) — father of modern surgery, famous for his study of anatomy Kurt Julius Isselbacher (1928–2019) — Former editor of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine , prominent Gastroenterologist, founder of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Association of American Physicians Kober Medal winner
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Some for-profit clinics exist, but they provide less than 2% of health services. Health care is very variable through the country. The major urban centres are well served, but rural areas often have no modern health care. Patients in these areas either rely on traditional medicine or travel great distances for care.
Early medicine in France was defined by, and administered by, the Catholic church. Medicine and care were one of the many charitable ventures of the church. During the era of the French Revolution, new ideas took hold within the world of medicine and medicine was made more scientific and the hospitals were made more medical.
Faculty of Medicine, Université libre de Bruxelles – Brussels (1834) [6] Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Brussels (1834) [7] Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp – Antwerp (1972) [8] Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University – Hasselt (1971) [9]
This list of medical schools in France includes current and developing academic institutions which award a Diplôme d'État de Docteur and a diplôme d'études spécialisées (DES). In France , there are 37 medical schools , known locally as " UFR de médecine " ( Unités de Formation et de Recherche or "Unit for training and research" in English).