Departamento de Medicina Legal, Ética Médica e Medicina Social e do Trabalho - FM/MLS

O Departamento de Medicina Legal, Ética Médica e Medicina Social e do Trabalho, no Instituto Oscar Freire, é responsável pela cadeira de Medicina Legal na Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP). Além de oferecer cursos de pós-graduação e especialização, atua nas áreas de Bioética, Ciências Forenses, Medicina Legal e Medicina Social e do Trabalho.

Possui três núcleos e centros de estudos: CEARAS (Centro de Estudos e Atendimento Relativos ao Abuso Sexual); CEIOF (Centro de Estudos do Instituto Oscar Freire) e o Núcleo de Estudos de Bioética. O Grupo de Estudos em Bioética envolve a Faculdade de Medicina, Odontologia, Direito, Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem e Instituto de Psicologia – tendo como missão ser um polo para difusão e implementação do conhecimento bioético; promovendo o intercâmbio com instituições nacionais e internacionais relacionadas ao tema pela formação e aprimoramento de profissionais da área. Desenvolve pesquisas conjuntas, presta serviços à comunidade por meio de cursos de formação e atualização, disseminado informação e estimulando o debate ético e bioético, além de desenvolver pesquisa sistematizada em diferentes áreas de formação.

Site oficial: http://medicina.fm.usp.br/iof/

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Recent Submissions

  1. Risk of malaria for travelers with stable malaria transmission

    Massad, E.; Behrens, R. H.; Burattini, M. N.; Coutinho, F. A. B.. Risk of malaria for travelers with stable malaria transmission. In: . Hospitality and Health: Issues and Developments: APPLE ACADEMIC PRESS, 2011. p.9-16.

    A mathematical model was developed to estimate the risk of non-immune individual acquiring falciparum malaria when traveling to the Amazon region of Brazil. The risk of malaria infection to travelers was calculated as a function of duration of exposure and season of arrival. © 2012 by Apple Acade...

  2. Thermography in musculoskeletal diseases

    de Oliveira, N. C.; Alfieri, F. M.; Battistella, L. R.. Thermography in musculoskeletal diseases. In: . The Fundamentals of Infrared Thermal Imaging: NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, INC., 2023. p.11-20.

    The progression of the studies in the field of thermography has been contributing to the employment of this technique for the investigation of clinical conditions where pain is present. Examples include chronic musculoskeletal disorders, and the most prevalent ones are osteoarthritis and low back...

  3. Thermography in strokes

    Alfieri, F. M.; dos Santos, A. C. A.; Battistella, L. R.. Thermography in strokes. In: . The Fundamentals of Infrared Thermal Imaging: NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, INC., 2023. p.45-50.

    Among the consequences of stroke, sensory disorders can affect more than half of patients. One of the consequences is the change in body temperature between the hemibodies that the patients can perceive or neglect. Although this temperature difference has been reported as unpleasant, little is un...

  4. The management of neck mass during pregnancy and the postpartum period

    Yaylaci, A.; Öztürk, M.; Sih, T.. The management of neck mass during pregnancy and the postpartum period. In: . ENT Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment during Pregnancy and Lactation: SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING, 2022. p.687-698.

    A mass in the neck is a common clinical finding encountered in clinical practice. Determining the etiology of a neck mass is not straightforward, owing to developing from a wide array of processes. A neck mass may evolve as an isolated disease, a sign of a systemic disease, or be the only clinica...

  5. Postural control and thermography

    Bronstein, P. N.; Alfieri, F. M.; Battistella, L. R.. Postural control and thermography. In: . The Fundamentals of Infrared Thermal Imaging: NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, INC., 2023. p.1-10.

    Effective postural control requires proper functioning and interaction among the sensorimotor and nervous systems. Maintaining an orthostatic posture in tasks that require the body to be erect involves information processing from the visual, vestibular, and somatosensory systems, as well as propr...

  6. Body temperature and thermography

    Alfieri, F. M.; de Oliveira, N. C.; Battistella, L. R.. Body temperature and thermography. In: . The Fundamentals of Infrared Thermal Imaging: NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, INC., 2023. p.37-43.

    The interest in body temperature comes from the most remote times. It is known that the regulation of body temperature is important for the maintenance of homeostasis, which in turn is vital for the proper functioning of body fluids and tissues. Hypothalamus, located in the central region of the ...

  7. Cost-effectiveness analysis of diagnostics tests of respiratory tract infection in cancer patients

    EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, v.48, suppl.60, 2016

  8. Accuracy and precision of smartwatch for patient monitoring in Out-of-Hospital environment

    2023 19TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WIRELESS AND MOBILE COMPUTING, NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATIONS, WIMOB, p.68-71, 2023

    Background: Smart watches are already capable of monitoring vital signs such as heart rate and oxygen saturation, however their numerical results can often confuse lay patients, especially the elderly. What would the accuracy results look like if the results were presented in a binary system of n...

  9. Introdução

    Oliveira, Reinaldo Ayer de; Boulos, Marcos. Introdução. In: Oliveira, Reinaldo Ayer de; Boulos, Marcos (coords). CREMESP 60 anos: valores, atitudes e desafios. SÃO PAULO: Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado de São Paulo, 2017. p.7-7.

  10. CREMESP 60 anos: valores, atitudes e desafios

    . CREMESP 60 anos: valores, atitudes e desafios. SÃO PAULO: Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado de São Paulo, 2017. 170p.