Bae Jong-Myon
Department of Preventive Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
J Prev Med Public Health. 2015 Nov;48(6):271-3. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.15.059. Epub 2015 Nov 24.
Quaternary prevention should be implemented to minimize harm to patients because the ultimate goal of medicine is to prevent disease and promote health. Primary care physicians have a major responsibility in quaternary prevention, and the establishment of clinical epidemiology as a distinct field of study would create a role charged with minimizing patient harm arising from over-medicalization.
应实施四级预防以尽量减少对患者的伤害,因为医学的最终目标是预防疾病和促进健康。基层医疗医生在四级预防中负有主要责任,而将临床流行病学确立为一个独立的研究领域将创造一个负责尽量减少过度医疗对患者造成伤害的角色。