Review article
COMORBIDITY AND MULTIMORBIDITY IN MEDICINE TODAY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRINGING SEPARATED BRANCHES OF MEDICINE CLOSER TO EACH OTHER
Miro Jakovljević
; School of Medicine, University of Mostar, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ljerka Ostojić
; School of Medicine, University of Mostar, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
Comorbidity and multimorbidity represent one of the greatest chalenge to academic medicine. Many disorders are often
comorbidly expressed in diverse combinations. In clinical practice comorbidity and multimorbidity are underrecognized, underdiagnosed,
underestimated and undertreated. So that one can speak about comorbidity and multimorbidity anosognosia.
Comorbidities and multimorbidities are indifferent to medical specializations, so the integrative and complementary medicine is an
imperative in the both education and practice. Shifting the paradigm from vertical/mono-morbid interventions to comorbidity and
multimorbidity approaches enhances effectiveness and efficiency of human resources utilization. Comorbidity and multimorbidity
studies have been expected to be an impetus to research on the validity of current diagnostic systems as well as on establishing more
effective and efficient treatment including individualized and personalized pharmacotherapy.
Keywords
comorbidity; multimorbidity; explanatory models; individualized and person; centered medicine
Hrčak ID:
266264
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Publication date:
8.7.2013.
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