Historiografia recente da história da saúde pública em São Paulo

Abstract

This text intends to carry out a balance of the production historiography of the history of public health in the state of Sao Paulo. It is about evaluating the academic historiography – books, articles, theses and dissertations –, produced in the last years, more precisely in the last three decades, analyzing the thematic perspectives employed and the use of sources, their limits and gaps. The objective is to indicate a research agenda, pointing out the fields open to new investigations of themes and sources still little explored.
To achieve this purpose, a clipping of the historiography of São Paulo of the history of public health, in which were contemplated
six topics namely: public health policy; the institutionalization of the sciences; the training of professionals; the biography
of doctors, scientists and other professionals; The history of epidemics and diseases and public and urbanization.