title: [Professional medical history in the FRG in search for a lobby: looking back at discussions of the 1970s].
abstract: The "Fachverband Medizingeschichte e.V." was founded in 1978 by the professional medical historians of Western Germany (FRG) in order to represent the interests of the academic discipline within the medical faculties of the universities and in relation to the public authorities. This paper reflects on the years preceding the foundation of this association and on the intellectual atmosphere of the 1970s, when the students' revolt and university reform had challenged for the first time the traditional role of full professors (Ordinarien) and had opened doors to discussions on the function of medical history within the medical curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin. johanna.bleker@gmx.de
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bleker
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D005860:Germany, West; D006666:History of Medicine; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008119:Lobbying; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history*