Doctor, give me a checkup and make it a full one.

Xavier Bayona
 

The need to reduce anxiety due to the uncertainty of the possibility of getting sick and dying is one of the most frequent reasons behind the demand for a "preventive" health study, popularly known as a checkup. The purpose of the checkup is to detect the disease early, prevent it from developing, and/or provide reassurance. General health studies (checkups) involve multiple tests on a person who doesn't feel ill and is a common element of medical care in the Western world.

"Carried me with you": the objectives of integrated care are a matter of more than one

Mònica Almiñana
 

This song from the Onward soundtrack, one of Disney's latest animated productions, bring about a good mood because, in addition to having a country touch, I have always liked lyrics that speak of how important it's that they accompany you, guide you and help you achieve your goals.

Is there an ideal primary care team?

Jordi Varela
Editor

Have we ever heard that there are health centres in Finland that work as a multidisciplinary team, or that in Alaska there are groups of professionals who do admirable work with indigenous community health, or that in Scotland health and social services already they work in a very integrated way? And the question that comes to mind is: does the ideal primary care team exist?

Shared decisions, evaluate to advance

Jordi Varela

Editor

The progress of shared clinical decisions is being almost negligible and, for this reason, attention should be paid to the results of the clinical trial by Víctor Montori's research group, an evaluation that was carried out with almost a thousand patients with atrial fibrillation. which ones had to decide if they wanted to take anticoagulants and, if they did, which one they would choose. In the trial, the intervention group of patients tested a shared decision support instrument, while the control group followed the usual clinical pathway.