Teresa Forcades belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Teresa Forcades as Catalan Benedictine nun, theologian, physician and activist.
Teresa Forcades was born at Barcelona in 1966. Her recorded nationality is Spain. She trained at University of Barcelona and University of Cambridge.
Modern medicine is specialised, expensive and evidence-governed, with genetics and imaging reshaping what can be diagnosed.
The recorded fields of work are medicine and theology.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
That the work was done from Spain matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Teresa Forcades is still working, and the assessment of the contribution is not yet complete.
Achievements
- Fields: medicine and theology
