The clinical method in the practice of family medicine
This article presents some considerations on the application of the clinical method in primary health care and justifies its importance and particularities. The procedure developed by the general practitioner in order to collect the data, mainly on the basis of the interview to the patient and the p...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Published: |
Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos
2010-12-01
|
| Series: | Medisur |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/1337 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832577276993077248 |
|---|---|
| author | Roberto Álvarez Sintes |
| author_facet | Roberto Álvarez Sintes |
| author_sort | Roberto Álvarez Sintes |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This article presents some considerations on the application of the clinical method in primary health care and justifies its importance and particularities. The procedure developed by the general practitioner in order to collect the data, mainly on the basis of the interview to the patient and the physical examination along with his diagnostic reasoning is presented. The role of clinical, epidemiological and social approach is highlighted. The contributions of this method, the analysis of the health situation and the segmentation method in the clinical practice of family medicine have been analyzed. The author points out some variations and adaptations to the so called patient-centered clinical method. We insist on the way the general physician understands problems and addresses them using the clinical method. This may be of interest for other specialists who treat the same disorders and the same patients approached from other health areas. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-d4c2dbd6731f4725af1cd2573070f6cd |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1727-897X |
| language | Spanish |
| publishDate | 2010-12-01 |
| publisher | Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Medisur |
| spelling | doaj-art-d4c2dbd6731f4725af1cd2573070f6cd2025-01-30T21:28:43ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2010-12-0185156163656The clinical method in the practice of family medicineRoberto Álvarez Sintes0Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Ciudad de La Habana.This article presents some considerations on the application of the clinical method in primary health care and justifies its importance and particularities. The procedure developed by the general practitioner in order to collect the data, mainly on the basis of the interview to the patient and the physical examination along with his diagnostic reasoning is presented. The role of clinical, epidemiological and social approach is highlighted. The contributions of this method, the analysis of the health situation and the segmentation method in the clinical practice of family medicine have been analyzed. The author points out some variations and adaptations to the so called patient-centered clinical method. We insist on the way the general physician understands problems and addresses them using the clinical method. This may be of interest for other specialists who treat the same disorders and the same patients approached from other health areas.http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/1337diagnóstico clínicomedios críticosmedicina clínicamedicina familiar y comunitaria |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Álvarez Sintes The clinical method in the practice of family medicine Medisur diagnóstico clínico medios críticos medicina clínica medicina familiar y comunitaria |
| title | The clinical method in the practice of family medicine |
| title_full | The clinical method in the practice of family medicine |
| title_fullStr | The clinical method in the practice of family medicine |
| title_full_unstemmed | The clinical method in the practice of family medicine |
| title_short | The clinical method in the practice of family medicine |
| title_sort | clinical method in the practice of family medicine |
| topic | diagnóstico clínico medios críticos medicina clínica medicina familiar y comunitaria |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/1337 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT robertoalvarezsintes theclinicalmethodinthepracticeoffamilymedicine AT robertoalvarezsintes clinicalmethodinthepracticeoffamilymedicine |