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Periodic Health Examination: A Guide for Designing Individualized Preventive Health Care in the Asymptomatic Patient
Abstract
Present data are not adequate evidence justifying annual complete examination of the asymptomatic patient at low medical risk. The American College of Physicians recommends that each internist develop individualized plans for patient examination. Such plans can be developed from the recommendations made in four published studies and summarized in graphic form.
Article and Author Information
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↵* Members of the Medical Practice Committee for the 1980-1981 and 1981-1982 terms are as follows: Lawrence Scherr, M.D., Chairman, 1980-1981; Edwin P. Maynard, III, M.D., Chairman, 1981-1982; Richard Allyn, M.D.; Nicholas E. Davies, M.D.; Adrian L. Edwards, M.D.; John M. Eisenberg, M.D.; Robert V. Elliott, M.D.; Blair D. Erb, M.D.; Herbert C. Flessa, M.D.; Christopher C. Fordham, III, M.D.; John R. Gamble, M.D.; Paul F. Griner, M.D.; Rolf M. Gunnar, M.D.; Virgil Loeb, Jr., M.D.; Hope Lowry, M.D., Chairman, Health Practice Assessment Subcommittee, 1980-1981; Frank G. MacMurray, M.D.; George E. Magnin, M.D.; Samuel P. Martin, M.D.; James R. McPherson, M.D.; James M. Moss, M.D.; Donald E. Olson, M.D., Chairman, Health Practice Assessment Subcommittee, 1981-1982; Beverly C. Payne, M.D.; Seymour Perry, M.D.; Malcolm L. Peterson, M.D.; Albert D. Roberts, Jr., M.D.; Fenton Schaffner, M.D.; Henry E. Simmons, M.D.; Helen Smits, M.D.; Donald M. Switz, M.D.; Robert B. Talley, M.D. Lea Gamble provided ACP staff liaison for this project.
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▸From the American College of Physicians; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- © 1981 American College of Physicians
