Abstract
Objective: this part I article explores the different meanings of relevant keywords for General Practice/Family Medicine (GP/FM) in the prevention domain. The aim is to contribute to information process in GP/FM by keeping in line with the main terms used in health care organization. Methods: important keywords for GP/FM in the prevention domain were selected. Then, a search was carried out on the main sources in GP/FM databases, as well as in Medical Subject Heading and major terminological databases available online. Results and Discussion: there is discrepancy between the conceptual contents of major prevention models amongst the usual bibliographic sources of knowledge in GP/FM in particular and medicine in general. Conclusion: For GP/FM, distribution of preventive activities is now firmly established on a new constructivist model, privileging the doctor-patient relationships and introducing a cybernetic thinking on the health care activities with a special commitment to ethics and the positive duty of beneficence.
Highlights
The present discussion covers a wide range of issues concerning the theme of prevention addressed through two very different methodologies and for this reason it was divided in two articles
This part I article highlights that information is to General Practice/Family Medicine (GP/FM) what technology is to consultants and specialized care.[1]
The objective of this research is to contribute to information process in GP/FM by keeping in line with the main terms used in health care organization
Summary
The present discussion covers a wide range of issues concerning the theme of prevention addressed through two very different methodologies and for this reason it was divided in two articles. The first article relies on usual methods, whereas the second article relies on advanced semantic web technologies The latter will explore in detail the conceptual content of some terms related to the concept of Quaternary Prevention i.e. overinformation, overdiagnosis, medically unexplained symptoms, overmedicalisation, incidentaloma, overscreening, overtreatment, shared decision making, deprescribing and disease mongering. This part I article highlights that information is to General Practice/Family Medicine (GP/FM) what technology is to consultants and specialized care.[1] In this regard, the objective of this research is to contribute to information process in GP/FM by keeping in line with the main terms used in health care organization. It highlights that health problems and patientdoctor relationship are central to the definition of quaternary prevention
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