Publications by authors named "V Pagani"

Modern medicine must move from a wait-and-see and remedial system to a preventive and interdisciplinary science that aims to provide patients with personalised and precise treatment planning [...

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Context: “Analytical frameworks” and “practical tools” referring extensively to values and principles have been developed since the 1990’s to provide guidance for public health decision makers and practitioners in ethical reasoning.

Objective: This study aimed at identifying the values and principles in public health ethics “frameworks” and “tools”, at classifying them by theme, and at characterizing them by questioning their meanings and articulations.

Method: We conducted a systematic review according to PRISMA-S guidelines.

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Introduction: Public health tries to modify existing social norms by setting up strategies to promote the emergence of norms that are more adapted to the objectives of good health and well-being. Prevention policies and the corresponding interventions concern health behaviours and are designed to modify the individual's habits, and contribute to defining new ways of being, acting and living. Prevention therefore involves numerous personal, cultural, social and collective values.

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Introduction: Since 2000, the notion of “complex interventions” has been emerging in the health research field. “Complex interventions” and “complexity” are commonly used terms, but they are generally not defined. Conceptual ambiguities persist concerning the notion of complexity.

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