Too Many Types of Prevention? Korunma Tipleri Çok Mu Fazla?

Ever since we become Family Medicine residents, prevention becomes part of our everyday work. Different types of prevention were created years ago, being quaternary prevention the most recent one. This work aims to prevent excessive medical interventionism. In a personal perspective, this article describes what motivated this concept, taking into account the medicalization of the society, the disease mongering and the lack of health literacy. It also raises questions about the integration of academically created concepts in our clinical thinking.