Joana Maria Román: medicine through a child's eyes

The magazine Salut i Força publishes in its latest number an interesting interview with Joana Maria Román, head of the Paediatric Department of the Hospital Son Dureta.

Her designation, in December last year, as the secretary for the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery, has been until now, her latest victory in a traditionally masculine institution. To hold this post represents the end in Spain of one of the obstacles that still impeded the promotion of women, but this victory is not a new one in her biography, because Joana Maria Román has spent her life opening pathways and knocking down barriers, something that has made her give up many of life's little pleasures and to dedicate herself entirely to a task that has also brought her great satisfaction.

Date of publication: 12/04/2000

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