TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 5. Prevention
A1  - Kane, Robert L.
A1  - Ouslander, Joseph G.
A1  - Abrass, Itamar B.
A1  - Resnick, Barbara
PY  - 2013
T2  - Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, 7e
AB  - Today's  older  people  are  increasingly  interested  in  promoting  healthy  aging.  The  terms  “health  promotion”  and  “prevention”  are  used  almost  interchangeably.  Prevention  runs  a  gamut.  For  the  most  part,  we  think  of  prevention  in  terms  of  warding  off  disease  or  delaying  its  onset,  but  prevention  can  also  involve  simply  avoiding  bad  events  or  complications  of  care.  As  noted  in  Chapter  4,  in  the  context  of  chronic  disease  management,  proactive  primary  care  can  be  seen  as  a  form  of  prevention  (tertiary  prevention,  as  defined  later).  Prevention  is  typically  targeted  at  specific  diseases  or  conditions,  but  some  authors  caution  against  such  a  single-disease  approach  to  prevention  among  older  persons,  arguing  that  competitive  risks  will  simply  raise  the  rates  for  other  diseases  (Mangin,  Sweeney,  and  Heath,  2007).  Likewise,  some  preventive  efforts,  like  stopping  smoking  and  exercising,  can  affect  many  diseases.  
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PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57731571
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