International Journal of Health Policy and Management (Aug 2015)

Quaternary Prevention and the Challenges to Develop a Good Practice; Comment on “Quaternary Prevention, an Answer of Family Doctors to Overmedicalization”

  • Hamilton Wagner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2015.98
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 8
pp. 557 – 558

Abstract

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The article analyzes literature problems using as a parameter the quaternary prevention concept, introducing guidelines to have good shared decisions that avoid overdiagnosis and overtreatment and improve the quality of life. The author proposes a four-step approach: reliable evidence, awareness about populations profile, independent research analysis, and an understandable format by ordinary people.

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