Importance Unrealistic patient expectations of the benefits and harms of interventions can
influence decision making and may be contributing to increasing intervention uptake and …

Background: Several popular screening tests, such as mammography and prostate-specific
antigen, have met with wide controversy and/or have lost their endorsement recently. We …

Shared decision making enables a clinician and patient to participate jointly in making a
health decision, having discussed the options and their benefits and harms, and having …

Abstract Background: According to the Wonca International Dictionary for General/Family
Practice Quaternary Prevention is defined as:'Action taken to identify patient at risk of …

Background To inform recommendations by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health
Care, we reviewed evidence on the benefits, harms, and acceptability of screening and …

Objective. Many patients have low numeracy, which impedes their understanding of
important information about health (eg, benefits and harms of screening). We investigated …

Objective To systematically review current evidence regarding the minimum acceptable risk
reduction of a cardiovascular event that patients feel would justify daily intake of a preventive …

Background: Cardiac screening in adults with resting or stress electrocardiography, stress
echocardiography, or myocardial perfusion imaging can reveal findings associated with …

La discapacidad ha tenido diferentes conceptualizaciones, incluyendo aportes religiosos,
científicos, médicos y sociales. El modelo médico es fundamental en la prevención y la …

Background Most of the strategies to induce a more rational use of preventive health
services are oriented to the medical side of the doctor-patient relationship. However, the …