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Medicine and its preventive excesses

18 Dec

With practical examples based on the real impact of medicalization in people lives and on the results from relevant and well designed studies, Juan Gérvas analyses the importance of certain screening programmes as breast cancer, thyroid cancer, the relevance of health check-ups and the impact of certain vaccines. He discusses the examples of Public Health [...]

What role for primary health care in modern health service provision? Seminar of Innovation in Primary Care. Oxford (UK), 29nd September 2012

20 Sep

Rethinking the health service production function: What role for primary health care in modern health service provision? Seminar of Innovation in Primary Care. Oxford (UK), 29nd September 2012 Organized by Juan Gérvas MD, PhD (general practitioner, Equipo CESCA, Madrid, Spain; visiting professor, International Health, National School of Public Health, Madrid) and José M. Valderas MD, [...]

Quando um gigante cai, os añoes ficam sem sombra

18 Aug

Barbara Starfield died 10th June 2011. She was a giant of primary health care. Her publications have being critical for building up a framework for health services researh, and for health policy. This obituary remember her work and life. Quando um gigante cai, os añoes ficam sem sombra. Gérvas, J., Peréz Fernández, M. Rev Soc [...]