Mário Cordeiro
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For more than 30 years, he has been giving consultations to children, adolescents and parents, closely following the changes in Portuguese families. He directed the Paediatrics Service at the Lisbon North Hospital Centre between 1972 and 1980 and helped to set up the first Child Development Unit in the country, at Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon.
He was a professor of Paediatrics and Public Health at the Nova School of Medical Sciences in Lisbon, and a guest lecturer in the United Kingdom and Spain. He chaired the Social and Community Paediatrics section of the Portuguese Society of Paediatrics and the European Society for Social Paediatrics.
He founded and chaired the Association for the Promotion of Child Safety (APSI). He was a member of the National Committees on Women's and Children's Health, Children's Rights and Good Practices in Homes and ran the National Health Observatory.
In addition to being a member of the Academy of Arts and Literature, he has written dozens of books, such as «Children and Families in a Changing Portugal» and «Hurried Parents, Stressed Children», and bestsellers like «The Great Book on Babies».
He was a professor of Paediatrics and Public Health at the Nova School of Medical Sciences in Lisbon, and a guest lecturer in the United Kingdom and Spain. He chaired the Social and Community Paediatrics section of the Portuguese Society of Paediatrics and the European Society for Social Paediatrics.
He founded and chaired the Association for the Promotion of Child Safety (APSI). He was a member of the National Committees on Women's and Children's Health, Children's Rights and Good Practices in Homes and ran the National Health Observatory.
In addition to being a member of the Academy of Arts and Literature, he has written dozens of books, such as «Children and Families in a Changing Portugal» and «Hurried Parents, Stressed Children», and bestsellers like «The Great Book on Babies».
