%0 Journal Article
%T El Pionero de la M¨¦dicina Legal en Costa Rica
%A Maikel Vargas Sanabria
%A Leslie Solano Calder¨®n
%J Medicina Legal de Costa Rica
%D 2008
%I Asociaci¨®n Costarricense de Medicina Forense
%X En este art¨ªculo presentamos una semblanza del Dr. Alfonso Acosta Guzm¨¢n, m¨¦dico costarricense formado en Alemania en los a os veinte, quien fue el pionero de la Medicina Legal en Costa Rica y un profesional destacado en muchos otros campos de las ciencias m¨¦dicas, con cualidades morales y ¨¦ticas sobresalientes y con una visi¨®n a futuro y un esp¨ªritu de lucha inclaudicable que contribuyeron signicativamente a forjar la estructura de lo que actualmente es el Organismo de Investigaci¨®n Judicial y principalmente su Departamento de Medicina Legal. In this paper we present a biography of Alfonso Acosta Guzm¨¢n, M.D. He was a costarican physician who studied in Germany at the beginning of the last century. He also was the pioneer of the Forensic Medicine in our country and was a recognized professional in many others fields of medical sciences. He had a lot of ethical qualities and was a visionary of the future of the Legal Medicine in our country. He fighted to build the structure of one of the most prestigious centers of Forensic Medicine in Latin America, the Costa Rican Department of Legal Medicine.
%K Dr. Alfonso Acosta Guzm¨¢n
%K Historia de la Medicina Legal
%K Medicatura Forense
%K Organismo M¨¦dico Forense
%K Departamento de Medicina Legal
%K Ciencias Forenses
%K Organismo de Investigaci¨®n Judicial
%K Medicina Legal en Costa Rica
%K Alfonso Acosta Guzm¨¢n
%K M. D
%K history of Forensic Medicin in Costa Rica
%K Medicatura Forense
%K Organismo M¨¦dico Forense
%K Department of Legal Medicin
%K Forensic Sciences
%K Legal Medicine in Costa Rica
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