Prevention in Family Practice - Preferred Method or Postponed Effort?
Abstract
Preventing disease or ill health is supposed to be a forte of family practice. Family doctors are expected to screen their patients for early signs of disease, immunise them against serious infectious diseases, and counsel them to change their risky lifestyles. This month we review some evidence on how we fare with prevention in South Africa and provide new perspectives on some old sins.
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