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Likurg_2 [28]
3 years ago
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2. What is preventative medicine? What is an example of preventative medicine?

Medicine
2 answers:
Dennis_Churaev [7]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

Preventative medicine are medical practices that are designed to avert and avoid diseases.

Examples:

Screening for hypertension and treating it before it causes disease is good preventative medicine. It takes a proactive approach to patient care.

tatuchka [14]3 years ago
6 0
Preventative medicine is a medical specialty that is involved in the healthy of individuals and communities. The major goal of preventative medicine is to encourage the health and well-being of others. As well as prevent death, disease and disabilities. A couple of examples of preventative medicine would be childhood immunizations and screening for hypertension.
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