A obra de Alcina Cortez, intitulada O Som como Meio de Comunicação nas Exposições em Museus, deriva da sua tese de doutoramento (2022) no âmbito da etnomusicologia, sob a orientação científica de Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco. Alcina Cortez tem um percurso de investigação que relaciona os estudos de museus e os estudos de música, e que recua à sua dissertação de mestrado (2014). Por sua vez, o objeto de estudo...
In Portugal, constitutional and legal norms stipulate that the healthcare system should be organized to ensure equity in access to healthcare. To guarantee this objective, it is usually assumed that individuals from different socio-economic groups presenting equal levels of need should have access to the same level of care. The present narrative review describes current knowledge on this topic. It provides a br...
Os instrumentos musicais são objetos que, à semelhança dos objetos científicos e industriais, não foram construídos para serem observados. O seu propósito de criação assenta numa função cultural específica: serem tocados. Este propósito pode ser momentaneamente recuperado dentro dos museus, quando os instrumentos incorporados nas coleções são tocados em eventos performativos como concertos, recitais, entre outr...
Background: New drugs for locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer have led to clinical benefits, aside with increasing costs to healthcare systems. The current financing model for health technology assessment (HTA) privileges real-world data. As part of the ongoing HTA, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of palbociclib with aromatase inhibitors (AI) and compare it with the efficacy reported in ...
O aumento exponencial de estudos e teorias sobre a relevância das experiências sensoriais nas exposições museológicas tem sido evidente, nomeadamente desde o início do século XXI. Este breve artigo pretende refletir sobre as coleções de instrumentos musicais e a adoção de estratégias expositivas que potenciem a dimensão material e imaterial, características intrínsecas a estes objetos. Neste sentido, é discutid...
Introduction: Like in other countries, the age pyramid in Portugal has been changing considerably, with a substantial increase in the size of the older population and a significant reduction in the number of young people. With aging, co-occurrence of several conditions becomes frequent, often leading to the use of multiple medications (polypharmacy). Polypharmacy in the older population is particularly relevant...
Introduction: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity, mortality and disability in Portugal. Socioeconomic level is known to influence health status but there is scant evidence on socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular disease in Portugal. Aim: To analyze the distribution of cardiovascular disease in the Portuguese population according to socioeconomic status. Methods: We conducted a cros...
Quality in prescribing and rational use of drugs requires that physicians are kept up to date with developments in the medical literature and have knowledge of newly available drugs. This study aimed to examine, quantitatively, the sources of drug information that are used by physicians and to verify if there are differences according to work setting, namely health centers and hospitals.Cross-sectional descript...
Portugal has one of the highest levels of benzodiazepine's utilization at European level. This issue was highlighted on the latest International Narcotics Control Board report, which advises Portugal to analyse the actual procedures on prescription and utilization of these drugs. This study aimed to analyse Portuguese benzodiazepine's utilization patterns and trends at regional and national level, and analyse i...