2006
DOI: 10.1157/13101092
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Uso y abuso del poder médico para definir enfermedad y factor de riesgo, en relación con la prevención cuaternaria

Abstract: Patient safety means to avoid unnecessary harm produces by health care activities. Quaternary prevention is a medical activity that try to avoid or decrease the health consequences of unnecessary or excesive health care. Physicians' definition of health, risk factor and disease justify many unnecessary medical interventions. It is critical to control an excesive medical technological actitude that allows excesive medical interventions. The medical power of definition of health and disease transform risk factor… Show more

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“…If, as one says (5) , making mistakes is human, taking measures to avoid errors is an urgent need. These patient safety measures include Quaternary Prevention (6) , defined as "the set of activities aimed at avoiding unnecessary damage caused by medical activity". Now, we believe that this concern has invaded clinical practice without systematic and specific research about it.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…If, as one says (5) , making mistakes is human, taking measures to avoid errors is an urgent need. These patient safety measures include Quaternary Prevention (6) , defined as "the set of activities aimed at avoiding unnecessary damage caused by medical activity". Now, we believe that this concern has invaded clinical practice without systematic and specific research about it.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Al equipararlos a verdaderas causas de enfer medad, las intervenciones preventivas sobre estos factores generan iatrogenia en el pre sente en personas sanas para evitar una posi ble patología en el futuro 10 . Además, en salud mental las valoraciones sintomáticas de riesgos están teñidas por la subjetividad del profesional y del paciente que oscurecen cualquier capacidad predictiva 11 .…”
Section: Iatrogenia De La Prevención Primariaunclassified
“…Implica, além disso, um compromisso ético e profissional, a ética da negativa, que consiste, sucintamente, em recusar intervenção quando desnecessário 24,25 .…”
Section: O Conceito De Prevenção Quaternáriaunclassified
“…Com tal bagagem de erros e imprecisão, o fator de risco se converte em carro-chefe de uma atividade sanitária que vai da saúde pública ao tratamento do paciente, não sem grande dose de ideologia preventivista e linguagem moralizante, que se ocultam sob o manto da estatística, em benefício das agendas farmacológicas e comerciais que "combatem" fatores de risco 38,39 . A alquimia dos números deslumbra os pacientes e a sociedade, e prefere-se a segurança de uma resposta errônea envernizada de estatística à incerteza da ignorância 24 .…”
Section: Medicalização De Fatores De Riscounclassified
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