Quaternary prevention means avoiding unnecessary medical interventions. They are the actions taken to identify an individual at risk of overmedicalisation, to protect them from new medical invasion, and to suggest interventions which are ethically acceptable.
Quaternary prevention means avoiding unnecessary medical interventions. They are the actions taken to identify an individual at risk of overmedicalisation, to protect them from new medical invasion, and to suggest interventions which are ethically acceptable.
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