title: [Role and responsibility of the professions in the medical act and health actions].
abstract: The medical act is a part of health actions, but not every health action is a medical act. The primarily and most generalized medical act is the care of a sick individual. The requirements to execute a medical act are to possess the specific knowledges and skills, have a recognition of the possession of these qualities and to be qualified by the state to practice the profession. The governing condition of medical task is the disease and the essential part is diagnosis and treatment. The diagnosis and treatment prescription are exclusively medical acts. The execution of treatment may be shared with other health care professionals. The actions of health promotion, prevention, repair and rehabilitation must necessarily be performed by a multi professional team in which the physician (or the odontologist) has predominantly the task of repairing the lost health. The diversification of health professions has created interprofessional tensions, with an underlying social power problem. Nevertheless, each profession has its own dignity and specific action boundaries. Although there are always unavoidable superpositions in their respective frontier limits role.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Trabajo Médico, Colegio Médico de Chile, Santiago.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goic
mesh_terms: D006281:Health Occupations; D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D011364:Professional Practice; D012941:Social Responsibility
vernacular_title: Rol y responsabilidad de las profesiones en el acto medico y las acciones de salud.