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Isolated cases? The history and historiography of Australian medical research.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21553692     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
For over two hundred years, Australia has been portrayed as a terminus rather than a hub for scientific exchange. Alongside narratives valorising the struggle for a distinct national identity, the motif of isolation abounds in the historiography of Australian medical research. Yet these orthodoxies are ripe for rescripting, as illustrated by a symposium held in Sydney in 2010: Isolated Cases? 100 Years of Australian Medical Research. Weaving together several historical themes from this conference with wider historiographic threads, this article questions many prevailing representations. In particular the authors argue that rather than isolation or dependency, Australian medical science has been characterised by a profound interdependence across two centuries of antipodean endeavour.
Authors:
Peter Hobbins; Kathryn Hillier
Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Health and history     Volume:  12     ISSN:  1442-1771     ISO Abbreviation:  Health History     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-05-10     Completed Date:  2011-06-16     Revised Date:  2011-08-25    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100888373     Medline TA:  Health History     Country:  Australia    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1-17     Citation Subset:  QIS    
Affiliation:
University of Sydney, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Museum and Archives.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Australia
Biomedical Research / history*
History, 20th Century
Humans

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