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General and Family Medicine
General Practice and Family Medicine is defined as the medical specialty responsible for primary health care, focusing on overall health and disease prevention regardless of age, gender, health status, or ethnicity.
Family physicians in this area have a close relationship with their patients, which enables them to acquire a detailed knowledge of their health and thus play a fundamental role in providing a personal, comprehensive, and continuous treatment plan.
In this area, the main areas of intervention are:
• Regular monitoring of primary health;
• Periodic evaluations, health surveillance and prescription of diagnsotic tests;
• Intervention in common disease situations;
• Advice on preventive health care (e.g.: nutrition, exercise);
• Advice on family planning;
• Advising and deciding on the need to refer the patient to other specialists.
Rua Pedro José Ornelas Nº12
9050-069 Funchal, Portugal
291 237 100
Calçada de São Lourenço Nº. 3 - 1º andar B
9000-061 Funchal, Portugal
291 146 901
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