title: [Contributions to the history of burn treatment].
abstract: The authors make a brief review of burn treatment in Portugal as well as describing the Burn Unit of the Coimbra University Hospitals. The scientific advances in this area and new perspectives to the future are also mentioned, emphasizing the importance of burn prevention and a complete social reintegration of the burn patient.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cirurgia Plástica Reconstrutiva, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cruzeiro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Teles
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002053:Burn Units / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration; D002056:Burns / Q000266:history / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006760:Hospitalization; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011174:Portugal; D014015:Tissue Banks