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The Ibero-American Forum of Medical Entities (FIEM), held in Portugal, discussed the problems of medicine in Latin America throughout the medical world.
During the Forum, which ended last Friday (10), on the island of the Azores, was approved DeclaricÃon San Miguel. The letter recommends the adoption of the Guide to Medical Ethics Iberoamerican; stimulates the creation of programs of health care physician to minimize occupational diseases; involving comparative study of social security systems, and common manifestation of ~ concern with the quality of medical courses.
Topics such as the recent statements by the Brazilian government that intends to automatically revalidate the qualifications of overseas trained doctors (including Portugal and Spain as well as Cuba and Bolivia), were approached by representatives of Brazilian medical entities. Were discussed also reports the status of medical, health and migration flows in each country.
The FIEM was formed six years ago by the Medical Confederation Latin American and Caribbean Council of Medical Colleges of Spain and by the Medical Association of Portugal.