title: [History in the public communication of specialist scientific societies: history marketing].
abstract: History is nowadays used as an economic factor. The past is therefore specifically targeted and cultivated, which for specialist scientific associations and societies often fullfils totally different functions in comparison to the open market, although the techniques and requirements are similar. Within medical specialties these facts are often still unknown. Museums and archives as well as the historians and curators working in them are very familiar with the special cultures of communication within these scientific communities and they play a major role in the establishment and development of history as a modern part of public relations and public identity.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin, Universität Köln, Köln, Deutschland, friedrich.moll@uni-koeln.de.
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Moll
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Halling
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rathert
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fangerau
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D005858:Germany; D006666:History of Medicine; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011639:Public Opinion; D011641:Public Relations; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014572:Urology / Q000266:history*