Preventive medicine in primary care
1991; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 90; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00325481.1991.11701038
ISSN1941-9260
AutoresK. C. Stange, Robert B. Kelly, Charles Kent Smith, Scott Frank,
Tópico(s)Obesity and Health Practices
ResumoPrimary care physicians are in a unique position to offer preventive services. They have access to patients when intervention may be most successful, and they see most patients over a long period, which allows for adequate follow-up. The challenges are choosing the most effective interventions and organizing records and office staff to facilitate delivery of preventive services. Preventive medicine may not be as dramatic or as immediately successful as curative medicine, but it can have a tremendous long-term impact on health and well-being.
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