Abstract
Background: A preventive approach in health care aims to anticipate the natural history of the diseases and to define break points where the procedures may act to change future events, on the limit...
Highlights
A preventive approach in health care aims to anticipate the natural history of the diseases and to define break points where the procedures may act to change future events, on the limit of the patient’s free will
Prevention aims to find a specific point in lifetime, where the intervention leads to a change in natural history of the diseases, improving the health outcomes
The purpose of preventive medicine is to reduce the onset of disease that leads to suffering and premature death, through the implementation of a set of health-promoting strategies able to change the natural history of the diseases
Summary
The common sense tells us that it’s better to prevent the diseases than to treat them. Prevention aims to find a specific point in lifetime, where the intervention leads to a change in natural history of the diseases, improving the health outcomes. The limit is the scientific evolution allowing better technological approaches, and the will of the patients, respecting their own autonomy. No drug works if patients don’t take it, said Charles E. To adhere to the better options, patients need to understand the information and to integrate it in their routines, leading to development of attitudes and skills for their own health. A crucial determinant for health, allowing better decisions, stronger commitment with them and superior levels of efficiency
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