title: Quaternary prevention: need of the hour.
abstract: Prevention is primarily categorized as Primordial, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. Now the concept of "Quaternary Prevention" is also introduced. This editorial article discusses need of Quaternary prevention in current scenario of clinical practice.
authors: Department of Community Medicine, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College, Narhe, Pune - 411 041, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Harshal T
authors: HT
authors: Pandve
keywords: Prevention; levels; quaternary
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