Do not focus on illness: don’t forget primary prevention and health empowerment.
Health is substantially influenced by both the physical and social environment in which we reside, as well as the lifestyle choices we adopt. The General Practitioner maintains a privileged patient relationship, providing lifelong care. Each interaction thus presents...
Do not prescribe periodic examinations without a specific diagnostic hypothesis.
Prescribing unnecessary tests is detrimental to both patients and the ecosystem, representing a lamentable waste of resources. With the exception of the three oncological screening programs endorsed by the Italian Ministry of Health (breast cancer, cervical cancer,...
Do not prescribe drugs first in many chronic illness but advise lyfestiles modifications.
Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia, three conditions frequently managed by the General Practitioner (GP), have significant benefits from an educative approach in both prevention and treatment phases, whether in conjunction with pharmacotherapy or...Do not routinely prescribe metered-dose inhalers but dry powder inhalers.
Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) have therapeutic benefits from inhalation medications, available in two pharmaceutical formulations: metered-dose inhalers and dry powder inhalers. Consequently, the prescription preference should be directed...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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