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European Journal of General Practice Volume 24, 2018 - Issue 1
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Opinion Paper

Quaternary prevention: reviewing the concept

Quaternary prevention aims to protect patients from medical harm

Carlos MartinsFamily Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, Information and Decision in Health (MEDCIDS) of the Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Centre for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Porto, Portugal; Correspondence[email protected]
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Maciek Godycki-CwirkoDivision of Public Health, Centre for Family and Community Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland;
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Bruno HelenoChronic Diseases Research Centre, NOVA Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal;
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John BrodersenSection of General Practice & Research Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Primary Healthcare Research Unit, University of Copenhagen, Region Zealand, Denmark
Pages 106-111 | Received 19 Jul 2017, Accepted 20 Dec 2017, Published online: 31 Jan 2018

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