Iona Heath
Biographic Data
| ID | 5553381 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Iona Heath |
| GIVEN NAMES | Iona |
| FAMILY NAME | Heath |
| SIGNATURE | HEATH I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Royal College of General Practitioners |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3200-1465 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Evidence for overuse of medical services around the world
Multimorbidity and Quaternary Prevention (P4)
Multimorbidity has become the norm for the majority of patients attending primary care, and while the proportion of those with multimorbidity is higher in older age, the absolute number of people with multimorbidity is greater in those under 65. The specialist-based single-disease model of treatment assumes that each index disease is the dominant illness within the complex system and that the other comorbid illnesses are held constant while manag…
Primary care priorities in addressing health equity
This workshop formed the basis for the establishment of WONCA's Health Equity Special Interest Group, set up in early 2014, aiming to bring the essential experience, skills and perspective of interested GPs around the world to address differences in health that are unfair, unjust, unnecessary but avoidable
Combatendo as DCNT
A “Aliança DCNT” (“NCD Alliance”)1 visa colocar as doenças crônicas não transmissíveis (DCNT) na agenda global de saúde, a fim de enfrentar a chamada “crise das DCNT”. Melhorar os indicadores de morbidade e mortalidade em 2015 dependerá, em grande medida, da prevenção e controle das DCNT, especialmente nos países em desenvolvimento2. *Reprinted with permission from Elsevier (The Lancet, 2011, 6 September 2011, online first) - Reprodução autorizad…
Introduction to conceptual explorations on person-centered medicine
Person-centered prevention and health promotion
Since at least the time of Hippocrates in the 5th century AD, doctors have sought to prevent diseases, as well as to offer treatments and cures, and consideration of preventive advice remains an essential element of every medical encounter. In 1979, Stott and Davies listed four possible components of each consultation in primary care [1]. The last of these was opportunistic health promotion, advice made more effective by being directly linked to …
World Organisation of Family Doctors (Wonca) perspectives on person-centered medicine
The acronym Wonca stands for the World Organisation of National Colleges and Academies of General Practice/ Family Medicine. This has now been shortened to the World Organisation of Family Doctors although we retain the rather endearing acronym
The concept of prevention
Over time, the definition of prevention has expanded so that its meaning in the context of health services is now unclear. As risk factors are increasingly considered to be the equivalent of “diseases” for purposes of intervention, the concept of prevention has lost all practical meaning. This paper reviews the inconsistencies in its utility, and suggests principles that it should follow in the future: a population orientation with explicit consi…
Selling sickness
Domestic violence as a women’s health issue
A fragment of the explanation’
This paper explores the normative basis of power in language, story, labels and evidence, and attempts to show how these dimensions of power are used systematically to simplify the reality of exprience, deny ignorance and exclude uncertainty. Through the resulting abuse of words, doctors may often constrain and limit their patients' stories, consigning many of them to stories of failure, and reducing their capacity to celebrate, or even recognise…
Joining together to combat poverty
The concept of prevention
Over time, the definition of prevention has expanded so that its meaning in the context of health services is now unclear. As risk factors are increasingly considered to be the equivalent of “diseases” for purposes of intervention, the concept of prevention has lost all practical meaning. This paper reviews the inconsistencies in its utility, and suggests principles that it should follow in the future: a population orientation with explicit consi…
Person-centered prevention and health promotion
Since at least the time of Hippocrates in the 5th century AD, doctors have sought to prevent diseases, as well as to offer treatments and cures, and consideration of preventive advice remains an essential element of every medical encounter. In 1979, Stott and Davies listed four possible components of each consultation in primary care [1]. The last of these was opportunistic health promotion, advice made more effective by being directly linked to …
Joining together to combat poverty
Domestic violence as a women’s health issue
A fragment of the explanation’
This paper explores the normative basis of power in language, story, labels and evidence, and attempts to show how these dimensions of power are used systematically to simplify the reality of exprience, deny ignorance and exclude uncertainty. Through the resulting abuse of words, doctors may often constrain and limit their patients' stories, consigning many of them to stories of failure, and reducing their capacity to celebrate, or even recognise…
Selling sickness
The concept of prevention
Over time, the definition of prevention has expanded so that its meaning in the context of health services is now unclear. As risk factors are increasingly considered to be the equivalent of “diseases” for purposes of intervention, the concept of prevention has lost all practical meaning. This paper reviews the inconsistencies in its utility, and suggests principles that it should follow in the future: a population orientation with explicit consi…
Introduction to conceptual explorations on person-centered medicine
Person-centered prevention and health promotion
Since at least the time of Hippocrates in the 5th century AD, doctors have sought to prevent diseases, as well as to offer treatments and cures, and consideration of preventive advice remains an essential element of every medical encounter. In 1979, Stott and Davies listed four possible components of each consultation in primary care [1]. The last of these was opportunistic health promotion, advice made more effective by being directly linked to …
World Organisation of Family Doctors (Wonca) perspectives on person-centered medicine
The acronym Wonca stands for the World Organisation of National Colleges and Academies of General Practice/ Family Medicine. This has now been shortened to the World Organisation of Family Doctors although we retain the rather endearing acronym
Combatendo as DCNT
A “Aliança DCNT” (“NCD Alliance”)1 visa colocar as doenças crônicas não transmissíveis (DCNT) na agenda global de saúde, a fim de enfrentar a chamada “crise das DCNT”. Melhorar os indicadores de morbidade e mortalidade em 2015 dependerá, em grande medida, da prevenção e controle das DCNT, especialmente nos países em desenvolvimento2. *Reprinted with permission from Elsevier (The Lancet, 2011, 6 September 2011, online first) - Reprodução autorizad…
Primary care priorities in addressing health equity
This workshop formed the basis for the establishment of WONCA's Health Equity Special Interest Group, set up in early 2014, aiming to bring the essential experience, skills and perspective of interested GPs around the world to address differences in health that are unfair, unjust, unnecessary but avoidable
Multimorbidity and Quaternary Prevention (P4)
Multimorbidity has become the norm for the majority of patients attending primary care, and while the proportion of those with multimorbidity is higher in older age, the absolute number of people with multimorbidity is greater in those under 65. The specialist-based single-disease model of treatment assumes that each index disease is the dominant illness within the complex system and that the other comorbid illnesses are held constant while manag…
Evidence for overuse of medical services around the world
Medicine (8 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Chronic Disease Management Strategies (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)