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* Prevention: ''vaccination, screening, health education.'' | * Prevention: ''vaccination, screening, health education.'' | ||
** Drinking water | |||
** Vitamins | |||
** Vaccines | |||
** Hygiene (soap) | |||
** Asepsis and antisepsis | |||
* Diagnosis: ''medical examinations, laboratory analyses.'' | * Diagnosis: ''medical examinations, laboratory analyses.'' | ||
* Treatment: ''drugs, surgery, therapies.'' This is where Medicine acts. | * Treatment: ''drugs, surgery, therapies.'' This is where Medicine acts. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:33, 22 September 2025
Healthcare refers to all services, practices and systems designed to maintain, improve or restore people's health. This includes :
- Prevention: vaccination, screening, health education.
- Drinking water
- Vitamins
- Vaccines
- Hygiene (soap)
- Asepsis and antisepsis
- 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.