In the history of medicine, Marie-France Hirigoyen is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Marie-France Hirigoyen as psychiatrist and psychotherapist.
Marie-France Hirigoyen was born at Coulaines in 1949. Her recorded nationality is France.
Antibiotics, imaging and the randomised trial defined twentieth-century medicine; evidence replaced authority as the standard.
The test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
Recognition followed: Officer of the National Order of Merit (2016).
That the work was done from France matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Achievements
- Officer of the National Order of Merit — 2016
