Alexandre Minkowski
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Alexandre Minkowski was a French pediatrician, and arguably the French physician who most influenced neonatology
in the 20th century.
He was the son of Eugene Minkowski
and Françoise Minkowska
, two Jewish psychiatrist
s.
Neonatology
Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant. It is a hospital-based specialty, and is usually practiced in neonatal intensive care units...
in the 20th century.
He was the son of Eugene Minkowski
Eugène Minkowski
Eugène Minkowski was a French psychiatrist, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia.Minkowski proposed that psychopathology should always be interpreted taking into account the personal experience of time. The main concepts created by Minkowski included the ideas of "vital contact with reality" and...
and Françoise Minkowska
Françoise Minkowska
Françoise Minkowska-Brokman was a French Jewish psychiatrist, born in Poland. She was married to Eugene Minkowski, psychiatrist, and the mother of Alexandre Minkowski, pediatrician. She was a student of Eugen Bleuler and associated with the work of Hermann Rorschach, another of Bleuler's...
, two Jewish psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
s.