The medical profession is not a trade, it is by its nature a free profession (Federal Doctors' Ordinance). The medical practice as an institution and the medical profession are, however, subject to current social conditions, currently particularly shaped by the rules of health economics and digitization. Salomon Neumann, who, along with Rudolf Virchow, is considered the founder of social medicine in Germany, published the vision of liberating academically trained doctors from the trade regulations applicable to craftsmen and other professions in 1847.
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December 2019
The essay "The issue of syphilis in Berlin. A contribution to public health in Berlin" highlights the importance of Salomon Neumann as an initiator of social medicine and a promoter of the communal medical statistics in the middle of the 19 century. Being a physician-member of the Berlin Health Care association and a doctor for the poor, he provides a sociomedical report on the interaction between syphilis as a disease and society with its regulatory measures (vice squad, public administration) and the deficient hospital and ambulatory care structures for the poor in Berlin in the middle of the 19 century, both with a prospective orientation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOrganizational health services research is still a relatively young field of research in Germany which is of increasing interest. The German Network Health Services Research e.V.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOrganizational health services research in Germany is of increasing relevance. Based on the guide on methods for organizational health services research of the Memorandum III, part 1 from the year 2009, the fundamentals and standards have now been refined. The memorandum captures the theoretical framework, basic methodological approaches and methods in health services research for the design, evaluation and implementation of complex interventions in healthcare organizations.
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