Personal health maintenance for adults.
The practice of adult medicine provides many opportunities to prolong life, prevent disease and disability and promote health. Essential steps in this process include establishing patient rapport, obtaining a comprehensive data base, providing periodic health examinations for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients and helping patients change unhealthy behavior.
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004358:Drug Therapy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D009098:Multiphasic Screening; D010808:Physical Examination; D010819:Physician's Role; D011322:Primary Prevention; D012306:Risk; D012380:Role