Quaternary prevention: Need of the hour

Prevention is primarily categorized as Primordial, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. Now the concept of "Quaternary Prevention" is also introduced. This editorial article discusses need of Quaternary prevention in current scenario of clinical practice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harshal T Pandve
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2014;volume=3;issue=4;spage=309;epage=310;aulast=Pandve
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spelling doaj-826df318696c4e6eafc7c080571759f62020-11-25T01:21:22ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632014-01-0134309310Quaternary prevention: Need of the hourHarshal T PandvePrevention is primarily categorized as Primordial, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. Now the concept of "Quaternary Prevention" is also introduced. This editorial article discusses need of Quaternary prevention in current scenario of clinical practice.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2014;volume=3;issue=4;spage=309;epage=310;aulast=PandvePreventionlevelsquaternary
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Prevention
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title Quaternary prevention: Need of the hour
title_short Quaternary prevention: Need of the hour
title_full Quaternary prevention: Need of the hour
title_fullStr Quaternary prevention: Need of the hour
title_full_unstemmed Quaternary prevention: Need of the hour
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publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
issn 2249-4863
publishDate 2014-01-01
description Prevention is primarily categorized as Primordial, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. Now the concept of "Quaternary Prevention" is also introduced. This editorial article discusses need of Quaternary prevention in current scenario of clinical practice.
topic Prevention
levels
quaternary
url http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2014;volume=3;issue=4;spage=309;epage=310;aulast=Pandve
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