Medicine and Healthcare
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Healthcare refers to all services, practices and systems designed to maintain, improve or restore people's health. This includes :
- Prevention: vaccination, screening, health education.
- Diagnosis: medical examinations, laboratory analyses.
- Treatment: drugs, surgery, therapies. This is where Medicine acts.
- Rehabilitation: physiotherapy, occupational therapy.
- Palliative care: accompaniment for serious illnesses or at the end of life.