João-Maria Nabais
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João-Maria Nabais is a Portuguese
Portugal
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 doctor and writer, noted as an expert in the History of Medicine
History of medicine
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, History
History
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 of Sephardic medical doctors and for his Poetry
Poetry
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Background

Nabais graduated in medicine
Medicine
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 and surgery
Surgery
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 from the Faculty of Medicine
Medicine
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 in the University of Lisbon in 1974. He works as a Hospital Assistant in Paediatrics and takes a post as a member of the Department of Child Psychiatry in Barreiro.

Research interests

The scientific interests of Nabais are: History
History
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 of Health Sciences, History of Medicine
History of medicine
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, Medical Literature
Literature
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 and Writers. Nabais has published more than a two hundred articles and essays.

He has made numerous presentations on the History
History
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 of Medicine
Medicine
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 and Judaism
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, and has presented papers at national and international meetings.

He has been distinguished in literary contests: António Patrício* Poetry Awards in 1996, 2002 and 2006 by the Portuguese Society of Writers and Artistic Doctors, for the books Poemas, Sons de Urbanidade and O Lugar e o Mito. He received the Merit Cultural Award of the Association of Medical Writers and Journalists of Bucharest
Bucharest
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, Romania
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 in 2004. He was awarded the Moldarte Award in painting in 1987.

Work in poetry (books)

  • 1992 - O Silêncio das Palavras
  • 1996 - Crepúsculo das Noites Breves
  • 1997 - Instantes e Vivências
  • 1997 - Poemas
  • 1998 - Novos Navegantes **
  • 2000 - Memórias de Amor e Sedução
  • 2001 - Cidade dos Rios
  • 2001 - Sons de Urbanidade **
  • 2002 - Espírito do Vento
  • 2002 - Monsaraz
  • 2002 - Palhais
  • 2002 - Criança, um Tempo de Fuga
  • 2003 - Interior à Luz
  • 2005 - O Lugar e o Mito
  • 2007 - Terra de Húmus e Neblinas


-* António Patrício (1878–1930) was born in Oporto and dies in Macau
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. He's a well-known Portuguese medical doctor and playwright;
-** with a CD.
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