title: [Considerations regarding Spa treatments].
abstract: Spa treatments constitute complex therapeutic processes, spanning multiple millennia. These treatments have had and retain multiple indications in the cure of multiple chronic affections, functional deficiencies, senile troubles, etc. Additionally it is omportant to consider the influence of climatic circumstances as well as social and psychic factors. The spa treatment in all its coplexity can play the role of therapeutic agent in various pathologic processes, but also be an important factor to consider in healthcare education. However, many professionals consider these procedures as an obsolete therapy of little justification today.
authors.affiliation: Académico de Número.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Armijo Valenzuela
mesh_terms: D001452:Balneology; D006801:Humans; D013812:Therapeutics