önleyici tıp

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(Tıp) preventive medicine
the branch of medicine concerned with preventing disease; "the medical establishment doesn't profit from preventive medicine
methods of treatment taken in order to prevent in advance the appearance of the disease in the future
medical treatment, advice, and health education that is designed to prevent disease happening rather than cure it. Efforts toward disease prevention in the community and the individual. It covers patient interviews and testing to detect risk factors; sanitary measures in homes, communities, and medical facilities; patient education; and diet and exercise programs as well as preventive drugs and surgery. It has three levels: primary (e.g., prevention of coronary heart disease in a healthy person), secondary (e.g., prevention of heart attack in a person with heart disease), and tertiary (e.g., prevention of disability and death after a heart attack). The first is by far the most economical. Important advances in preventive medicine include vaccination (see vaccine), antibiotics, diagnostic imaging, and recognition of psychological factors. See also epidemiology, immunology, industrial medicine, quarantine
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