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Jacques Cornuz1, Charles Dvořák2, Gilbert Abetel3
1PMU, 1011 Lausanne.
Abstract:
Bird watching can be an ideal activity for a physician. By their training, doctors may be more inclined than other professionals to take the time to observe birds. Medical studies provide basic knowledge, especially in biology and physics. Clinical training then teaches to watch, to listen. This article proposes a look at the similarities between medicine and ornithology : the importance of the meaning of observation, the identical « diagnostic » approach, the use of an identical scientific methodology (participatory science), the impact of migration. It also recalls the balance that the practice of observation brings to physicians.
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