The New Faces of Medicine – a Journey and a Perspective

Professor Protásio da Luz, basic science and clinical researcher and renowned cardiologist, offers us his newest book The New Faces of Medicine. It is a presentation of his vision of the scientific and humanistic bases of medicine, its evolution and its future.

With expressive illustrations, the book presents us with the importance of the connection of technique with the human, of science with the relationship of physicians and patients. “It’s not the anamnesis yet. It’s just the first approach to know the person.” This seemingly trivial sentence contains deep wisdom and experience of the professional and professor of medicine practicing one of the major goals of the university: to propagate knowledge for improvement of students and physicians in general.

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