Disciplines and Occupations

Preventive Medicine

A medical specialty primarily concerned with prevention of disease (PRIMARY PREVENTION) and the promotion and preservation of health in the individual.

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Abstract

A medical specialty primarily concerned with prevention of disease (PRIMARY PREVENTION) and the promotion and preservation of health in the individual.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Medicine, Preventive
  • Preventative Medicine
  • Medicine, Preventative
  • Preventative Care
  • Preventive Care
  • Care, Preventative
  • Care, Preventive

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

use for the specialty; for specific disease, use /prev; PRIMARY PREVENTION, SECONDARY PREVENTION and TERTIARY PREVENTION are also available

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  1. H02w.403w.720w.750w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Preventive Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011315. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011315
  2. Preventive Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preventive_healthcare
  3. Preventive Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1773974