Quaternary prevention
Quaternary Prevention (P4)
Quaternary Prevention (Pronunciation: kwuh-tur-nuh-ree pre-ven-shun) is a health strategy that aims to protect patients from medical harm. It is the fourth level of health prevention described by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Etymology
The term "Quaternary Prevention" was first proposed by Belgian general practitioner Marc Jamoulle and the term was presented in Wonca congress in Hong Kong in 1995. The term is derived from the Latin quaternarius meaning "consisting of four", and the English term prevention.
Definition
Quaternary Prevention focuses on the identification of individuals at risk of overmedicalization, protecting them from new medical invasion, and suggesting interventions which are ethically acceptable. It is the action taken to identify a patient at risk of overmedicalization, to protect him from new medical invasion, and to suggest to him interventions, which are ethically acceptable.
Related Terms
- Primary Prevention: Measures taken to prevent the occurrence of a disease.
- Secondary Prevention: Actions aimed at early disease detection, thereby increasing opportunities for interventions to prevent progression of the disease.
- Tertiary Prevention: Measures to reduce or eliminate long-term impairments and disabilities, minimize suffering caused by existing departures from good health and to promote the patient's adjustment to irremediable conditions.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Quaternary prevention
- Wikipedia's article - Quaternary prevention
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