preventive medicine
Illness avoidance practice
Preventive medicine is healthcare focused on preventing disease rather than treating it after onset.
Vaccinations, screenings, lifestyle counseling, and regular checkups fall under preventive medicine.
The field operates on the principle that avoiding illness costs less—in money & suffering—than curing it: Insurance now covers most preventive medicine.
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- immunizationProtective medical injection
- cancer screeningTests to find cancer early
- vaccination campaignsOrganized mass inoculation efforts
- mammogramsBreast tissue x-rays
epidemiology · fluoridation · water sanitation · air pollution control · colonoscopies · routine screening · nutritional counseling · healthy lifestyle · hygiene · genetic testing · school nurse · public health · health promotion · wellness visit · annual checkup · prenatal care · primary care · blood pressure monitoring
- Biomedicineanatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, immunology
- public healthimmunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology, community health
- veterinary medicineveterinary degree, pet hospitals, animal clinics, small animal vet, vet schools
- medical specialtiescardiology, neurology, pediatrics, dermatology, oncology
- military medicinecombat medics, combat medic, field hospitals, army surgeon, field hospital
- Soviet medicinepolyclinics, socialist healthcare, free healthcare, centralized planning, health ministry
preventive medicineacute care
Urgent medical intervention
emergency medicine · treatment · medical intervention · palliative care · critical care
preventive medicinehospice care
End-of-life medical comfort
palliative care · end-of-life care · crisis intervention · disease management
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