Preventive Medicine (Noun)
Meaning
The branch of medicine concerned with preventing disease; "the medical establishment doesn't profit from preventive medicine".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The hospital offers a range of preventive medicine programs to help patients avoid chronic diseases.
- Preventive medicine has proven to be an effective way to reduce healthcare costs and improve overall well-being.
- She chose to specialize in preventive medicine after seeing the positive impact it had on her patients' lives.
- The new policy focuses on promoting preventive medicine as a way to reduce the burden on the healthcare system.
- In many countries, preventive medicine is not prioritized due to its low profitability for pharmaceutical companies and hospitals.