Juan Gérvas
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Juan Javier Gérvas Camacho born in Lorca
(Spain
) in 1948, is a general practitioner
, teacher
and researcher
in primary care
and public health
.
(Murcia
, Spain
) on 19 November 1948. His family of nine brothers comes from the Autonomous Community of Extremadura
. He lived with his family in Badajoz
, Girona
and Valladolid
.
He married Mercedes Pérez Fernandez in 1970, who is also a general practitioner. He has four sons, and eight grandchildren.
He is enthusiastic about mountaineering
, swimming
and hunting
. He is an avid reader of novel
s and poetry
, and enjoys cinema
, specially in its original version. He is interested about upholding human rights
and the environment
. He can speak and write in English
, has a reasonable knowledge of French
, and understands Portuguese
and Italian
.
at the University of Valladolid
, and graduated in 1971, with 22 honours and one outstanding award. He obtained his doctorate degree in 1973, with a “cum laude” distinction. He succeeded in recognising his medical degree in the United States
in 1972 (Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates exam).
He was a Scholar of several organizations: Patronato de Igualdad de Oportunidades, Dirección General de Universidades e Investigación, IBM
, European Council
, Fulbright Program
/ Ministry of Health and Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias.
He has lectured in several Universities and Public Health Schools in Spain and in the United States.
He is a general practitioner
with a permanent contract in the Spanish National Health System following a national competition in 1974. Since then, he has worked in Madrid
, first in an office of the García de Paredes street, and since 1981, in the Moscardó street. In 2000, he became a member of the primary health care team of the Buitrago del Lozoya
Health Centre (Madrid), and has worked permanently in the towns of Canencia de la Sierra, Garganta de los Montes and El Cuadrón. He retired from clinical practice along with his wife, on 15 January 2010.
He has been the Coordinator of Team CESCA (a multidisciplinary research and teaching group).
He has been a researcher
in projects with national and international funding since 1984.
He is a member of WONCA (World Organization of Family Doctors) Classification International Committee since 1986, which develops classifications, definitions and norms in General Practice/Family Medicine.
He co-founded the scientific society Spanish Primary Care Network (REAP – Red Española de Atención Primaria) in 1987.
He was the President of The European General Practice Research Network from 1991 to 1995, and a member of the group since 1986.
He has been the Coordinator of the Primary Care Innovation Seminars since 2005.
He belongs to the Editorial Committee/Expert Committee of several journals: Gaceta Sanitaria de Bilbao, Gaceta Sanitaria de Barcelona, Medicina Clínica, Revista Española de Salud Pública, Revista Portuguesa de Clínica Geral and Gestión Clínica y Sanitaria.
from 1971 to 2003 in the University of Valladolid
, of the Spanish National University of Distance Education and of the Public Health School of Johns Hopkins University
, in Baltimore
(United States). He has been a Professor of Primary Care
since 1991 in the Spanish National Health School (Escuela Nacional de Sanidad), in Madrid. He also lectures at the Autonomous University of Madrid
.
He has been a tutor
of medical students, and general practice trainees, and has carried out continuous professional development activities in his health centre.
He has made oral presentations in many congresses, seminars, and national and international scientific meetings.
projects on:
- Articles on PubMed
- Books on Google Books
- References on Google Scholar
- References on World Cat
- References on Dialnet
He has published opinion articles in: Acta Sanitaria, BMJ, CMAJ, Correo Farmacéutico, Diario Médico, El Farmacéutico, El Médico, Escuela Médica, Jano, Medical Economics, Medicina General y de Familia, Mujer y Salud, Noticias Médicas, OMC, Portales Médicos, Profesión Médica, Puntexpress Sanidad.
He currently writes a weekly opinion column in the diary Acta Sanitaria called “El Mirador”.
, Público, REVCYL.
Lorca
Lorca is a municipality and town in the autonomous community of Murcia in southeastern Spain, 36 miles southwest of the city of Murcia. It had a population of 92,694 in 2010, up from the 2001 census total of 77,477. Lorca is the municipality with the second-largest surface area in Spain with...
(Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) in 1948, is a general practitioner
General practitioner
A general practitioner is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities...
, teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
and researcher
Researcher
A researcher is somebody who performs research, the search for knowledge or in general any systematic investigation to establish facts. Researchers can work in academic, industrial, government, or private institutions.-Examples of research institutions:...
in primary care
Primary care
Primary care is the term for the health services by providers who act as the principal point of consultation for patients within a health care system...
and public health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
.
Personal
Juan Gérvas was born in LorcaLorca
Lorca is a municipality and town in the autonomous community of Murcia in southeastern Spain, 36 miles southwest of the city of Murcia. It had a population of 92,694 in 2010, up from the 2001 census total of 77,477. Lorca is the municipality with the second-largest surface area in Spain with...
(Murcia
Murcia
-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) on 19 November 1948. His family of nine brothers comes from the Autonomous Community of Extremadura
Extremadura
Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...
. He lived with his family in Badajoz
Badajoz
Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain, situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid–Lisbon railway. The population in 2007 was 145,257....
, Girona
Girona
Girona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
and Valladolid
Valladolid
Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...
.
He married Mercedes Pérez Fernandez in 1970, who is also a general practitioner. He has four sons, and eight grandchildren.
He is enthusiastic about mountaineering
Mountaineering
Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
and hunting
Hunting
Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife, for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to applicable law...
. He is an avid reader of novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s and poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, and enjoys cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, specially in its original version. He is interested about upholding human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
and the environment
Environmental quality
Environmental quality is a set of properties and characteristics of the environment, either generalized or local, as they impinge on human beings and other organisms...
. He can speak and write in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, has a reasonable knowledge of French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, and understands Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
.
Professional
He studied MedicineMedicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
at the University of Valladolid
University of Valladolid
The University of Valladolid is a public university in the city of Valladolid, province of Valladolid, in the autonomous region of Castile-Leon, Spain...
, and graduated in 1971, with 22 honours and one outstanding award. He obtained his doctorate degree in 1973, with a “cum laude” distinction. He succeeded in recognising his medical degree in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 1972 (Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates exam).
He was a Scholar of several organizations: Patronato de Igualdad de Oportunidades, Dirección General de Universidades e Investigación, IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
, European Council
European Council
The European Council is an institution of the European Union. It comprises the heads of state or government of the EU member states, along with the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Council, currently Herman Van Rompuy...
, Fulbright Program
Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. Under the...
/ Ministry of Health and Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias.
He has lectured in several Universities and Public Health Schools in Spain and in the United States.
He is a general practitioner
General practitioner
A general practitioner is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities...
with a permanent contract in the Spanish National Health System following a national competition in 1974. Since then, he has worked in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, first in an office of the García de Paredes street, and since 1981, in the Moscardó street. In 2000, he became a member of the primary health care team of the Buitrago del Lozoya
Buitrago del Lozoya
Buitrago del Lozoya is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain. The town is one of the few in the community that have maintained its walls, which are of Moorish origin and have been restored in the 15th century...
Health Centre (Madrid), and has worked permanently in the towns of Canencia de la Sierra, Garganta de los Montes and El Cuadrón. He retired from clinical practice along with his wife, on 15 January 2010.
He has been the Coordinator of Team CESCA (a multidisciplinary research and teaching group).
He has been a researcher
Researcher
A researcher is somebody who performs research, the search for knowledge or in general any systematic investigation to establish facts. Researchers can work in academic, industrial, government, or private institutions.-Examples of research institutions:...
in projects with national and international funding since 1984.
He is a member of WONCA (World Organization of Family Doctors) Classification International Committee since 1986, which develops classifications, definitions and norms in General Practice/Family Medicine.
He co-founded the scientific society Spanish Primary Care Network (REAP – Red Española de Atención Primaria) in 1987.
He was the President of The European General Practice Research Network from 1991 to 1995, and a member of the group since 1986.
He has been the Coordinator of the Primary Care Innovation Seminars since 2005.
He belongs to the Editorial Committee/Expert Committee of several journals: Gaceta Sanitaria de Bilbao, Gaceta Sanitaria de Barcelona, Medicina Clínica, Revista Española de Salud Pública, Revista Portuguesa de Clínica Geral and Gestión Clínica y Sanitaria.
Teaching
He was a ProfessorProfessor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
from 1971 to 2003 in the University of Valladolid
University of Valladolid
The University of Valladolid is a public university in the city of Valladolid, province of Valladolid, in the autonomous region of Castile-Leon, Spain...
, of the Spanish National University of Distance Education and of the Public Health School of Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
, in Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
(United States). He has been a Professor of Primary Care
Primary care
Primary care is the term for the health services by providers who act as the principal point of consultation for patients within a health care system...
since 1991 in the Spanish National Health School (Escuela Nacional de Sanidad), in Madrid. He also lectures at the Autonomous University of Madrid
Autonomous University of Madrid
The Autonomous University of Madrid is one of the top university of Spain and commonly known by its Spanish initials UAM or as "la Autónoma"...
.
He has been a tutor
Tutor
A tutor is a person employed in the education of others, either individually or in groups. To tutor is to perform the functions of a tutor.-Teaching assistance:...
of medical students, and general practice trainees, and has carried out continuous professional development activities in his health centre.
He has made oral presentations in many congresses, seminars, and national and international scientific meetings.
Research
He has carried out several researchResearch
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
projects on:
- dissemination of knowledge in primary carePrimary carePrimary care is the term for the health services by providers who act as the principal point of consultation for patients within a health care system...
(from the Science and Technology Assessment Committee). - The Impact of the primary care reform (from the Health Research Fund and the Ministry of Health).
- Computers and information in ambulatory medicine, of the European Program "Advanced Informatics in Medicine".
- Health reform in BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
(Spanish Agency of International Cooperation) and in GeorgiaGeorgia (country)Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
(UK Government). - Collaboration between General Practice and Public Health (Andorrean Government).
Publications
He has published more than 400 articles, most of them being about health organization, in both Spanish and international journals. His proposals are innovative and rational.- Articles on PubMed
- Books on Google Books
- References on Google Scholar
- References on World Cat
- References on Dialnet
Scientific articles
A select few:- Gervas JJ, García Olmos L, Pérez Fernández MM, Abraira V, Gil Sanz Cruzado JL. El coste económico de la medicina ambulatoria. Estudio de una consulta de medicina general en la Seguridad Social. Med Clin (Barc). 1984; 82(3):97-101.
- Gervas JJ, Pérez Fernández MM, Abraira V, Zaplana J. Concordancia entre médico y paciente en una consulta de medicina general. Med Clin (Barc) 1985; 84(10): 400-4.
- Gervas JJ, García Sagredo P, Estevez A, Pérez Fernández MM, Elvira P, Hernández Monsalve LM. ¿Quién toma medicamentos habitualmente? Un estudio por encuesta en Medicina General. Aten Primaria. 1986; 3(6):357-2.
- Gérvas JJ. El derecho del paciente al acceso a su historia clínica. Med Clin (Barc) 1987; 89(9): 398.
- Gérvas J, Forés M, Bonet M, Jiménez Villa J, Sagués A, Sánchez Rodríguez F, Tomás P. La clasificación internacional en atención primaria. Aten Primaria. 1988; 5(3):164-70.
- Gervas J. Rediscovering lost vocations. World Health Forum (WHO). 1989; 10(3-4):464-6.
- Gérvas JJ, Pérez Fernández MM, García Sagredo P. Science Citation Index: posibilidades y utilización. Med Clin (Barc). 1990; 95(15):582-8.
- Gérvas JJ, Hernández LM, Martí A, García Sagredo P, Elvira P, Estevez A, Salcedo JA, Pérez Fernández MM. La comunicación médico-paciente y la educación para la salud. Aten Primaria. 1991; 8(3):202-5.
- Gervas J, Perez Fernandez M. Minimum Basic Data Set in General Practice: Definitions and Coding. Fam Pract. 1992; 9(3):349-52.
- Gérvas J, López Miras A, Pastor Sánchez R. Atención primaria en Europa. Aten Primaria 1993; 12(5): 294-300.
- Gérvas J, Pérez Fernández M, Starfield BH. Primary care, financing and gatekeeping in western Europe. Fam Pract 1994; 11(3): 307-17.
- Garcia Olmos L, Abraira V, Gérvas J, Otero A, Perez Fernández M. Variability in GPs' referral rates in Spain. Fam Pract. 1995; 12(2):159-62.
- Gérvas J, Pérez-Fernández M. Trials of improved care for the elderly (letter). N Engl J Med. 1996 Mar 7; 334(10):665.
- Parkerson GR, Bridges-Webb C, Gervas J, Hofmans-Okkes I, Lamberts H, Froom J, Fischer G, Meyboom-de Jong B, Bentsen B, Klinkman M, de Maeseneer J. Classification of severity of health problems in family/general practice: an international field trial. Fam Pract 1996; 13(3):303-9.
- Westbury RC, Rogers TB, Briggs TE, Allison DJ, Gervas J, Shigemoto H, Elford W. A multinational study of the factorial structure and other characteristics of the Dartmouth COOP Functional Health Assessment Charts/WONCA. Fam Pract 1997; 14(6): 478-85.
- Gérvas J, Carra B, Fernández Camacho MT, Pérez Fernández M. La docencia en un centro de salud no docente. Med Clín (Barc). 1998; 111(6): 218-21.
- Pérez Fernández M, Gérvas J. Encarnizamiento diagnóstico y terapéutico con las mujeres. SEMERGEN 1999; 25(3):239-48.
- Gérvas J. Supply and distribution of family physicians [letter]. Can Fam Physician. 2000; 46:39-40 (Eng)
- Gérvas J. La resistencia a los antibióticos, un problema de salud pública. Aten Primaria. 2000; 25(8):589-96.
- Gérvas J, Palomo L, Pastor-Sánchez R, Pérez-Fernández M, Rubio C. Problemas acuciantes en atención primaria. Aten Primaria 2001; 28(7):472-7.
- Pérez-Fernández M, Gérvas J. El efecto cascada: implicaciones clínicas, epidemiológicas y éticas. Med Clin (Barc). 2002; 118(2):65-7.
- Gérvas J, Álvarez de Toledo F, Eyaralar MT. Limitaciones clave de la Atención Farmacéutica como respuesta a los problemas relacionados con los medicamentos. Pharm Care Esp. 2003; 5(1):55-8.
- Gérvas J. Oportunidades clínicas para compensar el impacto de las diferencias sociales en salud. Salud 2000. 2004; (98): 9-12.
- Gérvas J, Pérez Fernández M. Aventuras y desventuras de los navegantes solitarios en el Mar de la Incertidumbre. Aten Primaria. 2005; 35(2): 95-8.
- Gérvas J, Pérez Fernández M. Western European best practice in primary healthcare. Eur J Gen Pract. 2006; 12(1): 30-3.
- Gérvas J. Moderación en la actividad médica preventiva y curativa. Cuatro ejemplos de necesidad de prevención cuaternaria en España. Gac Sanit. 2006; 20(Supl 1): 127-34.
- Gérvas J, Pérez Fernández M. Atención Primaria fuerte: fundamento clínico, epidemiológico y social en los países desarrollados y en desarrollo. Rev Bras Epidemiol. 2006; 9(3):389-400.
- Gérvas J, Starfield B, Violán C, Minué S. GPs with special interests: unanswered questions. Br J Gen Pract 2007; 57(544): 912–7.
- Gervas J, Santos I. A complexidade da comorbilidade. Rev Port Clin Geral. 2007; 23(2):181-9.
- Starfield B, Hyde J, Gérvas J, Heath I. The concept of prevention: a good idea gone astray?. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2008; 62(7):580-3.
- Gérvas J, Starfield B, Heath I. Is clinical prevention better than cure?. Lancet. 2008; 372(9654):1997-9.
- Gervas J. La vacuna contra el virus del papiloma humano desde el punto de vista de la atención primaria en España. Rev Bras Epidemiol. 2008; 11(3):505-11.
- Gérvas J. Disease mongering by WHO (letter). BMJ. 22 august 2009.
Books
- Gérvas J. Coordinador. Los sistemas de registro en la atención primaria de salud. Madrid: Díaz de Santos; 1987.
- Casajuana J, Alonso F, Aracil J, Barrios L, Carmenado T, Gérvas J, et al. Actividad burocrática en la consulta del médico de atención primaria. Grupos de trabajo SEMFYC - SEMERGEN (nº2); 1996.
- Gérvas J, Pastor Sánchez R, López Miras A, Pérez Fernández M. La organización y la práctica de la medicina general/de familia en Europa. En: Porta Serra M, Álvarez-Dardet C, Fernández Muñoz E. Editores. Revisiones en Salud Pública. Volumen 5. Barcelona: Masson; 1997. p. 33-48.
- Comité Internacional de Clasificación de la WONCA. Clasificación Internacional de la Atención Primaria Segunda Edición CIAP-2. Barcelona: MASSON; 1999.
- Gérvas J, Pérez-Fernández M, Palomo-Cobos L, Pastor-Sánchez R. Veinte años de reforma de la Atención Primaria en España. Valoración para un aprendizaje por acierto / error. Madrid: Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo; 2005.
- Gérvas J, Ruiz Téllez A, Pérez Fernández M. La incapacidad laboral en su contexto médico: problemas clínicos y de gestión. Madrid: Fundación Alternativas; 2006.
- Freire JM, Gérvas J. La Atención Primaria en el Sistema Nacional de Salud Español. En: García-Peña C, Muñoz O, Durán L, Vázquez F. Editores. La medicina familiar en los albores del siglo XXI. México: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social; 2006. p. 477-503.
- Gérvas J, coordinador. Tres décadas de evolución de la Atención Primaria en España (1976–2006). Madrid: Fundación Ciencias de la Salud; 2006.
- Starfield B, Gérvas J. Family Medicine should Encourage its Clinicians to Subspecialize: Negative Position. In: Buetow S, Kenealy T. Editors. Ideological Debates in Family Medicine. New York, NY: Nova Publishing; 2007.
Presentations
He has given many presentations and talks in congresses, meetings, as well as national and international seminars.- Use and abuse prevention. Such as breast cancer screening. Day "prevention in the health system: towards where we go?" organised by the Dirección General de Salud Pública del Gobierno del Principado de Asturias. Oviedo, February 17, 2009.
- Videodebate expert on the influenza a (H1N1). Panel discussion on the A flu. At the headquarters of the Organización Médica Colegial de España. Madrid, September 10, 2009.
- Medicalization and disease mongering. Farmacríticxs - NoGracias seminar: conflict on education, professional practice and drugs policies. Oviedo, November 26, 2010.
Review and opinion
He has reviewed and commented scientific articles, books and doctoral thesis in: Alerta SEMG, Boletín Bibliográfico CESCA (BBC), Eur J Gen Pract, Gestión Clínica y Sanitaria (GCS) y SEMERGEN Biblio.He has published opinion articles in: Acta Sanitaria, BMJ, CMAJ, Correo Farmacéutico, Diario Médico, El Farmacéutico, El Médico, Escuela Médica, Jano, Medical Economics, Medicina General y de Familia, Mujer y Salud, Noticias Médicas, OMC, Portales Médicos, Profesión Médica, Puntexpress Sanidad.
He currently writes a weekly opinion column in the diary Acta Sanitaria called “El Mirador”.
Promotion
He has published articles about relevant health issues in the mainstream press: Cinco Días, El Mundo, El País, Expansión, La RazónLa Razón (Madrid)
La Razón is Spain's fifth highest-circulation general-interest daily newspaper based in Madrid. It is the newest of the five most read, having been founded in 1998 by Luis Maria Ansón....
, Público, REVCYL.
Interviews
- 2008/11 Salud 2000. Es importante mantener el cupo, que el servicio sea gratis en el punto de atención y la financiación pública.
- 2009/02/25 Radio Klara. Entrevista al Dr. J. Gérvas. Razones para el “NO” (o para la moratoria) respecto a la vacuna contra el virus del papiloma humano.
- 2009/04/06 Telemadrid, Madrid Directo. Un día cualquiera. Un día en la vida del médico rural JJ Gérvas.
- 2009/09/08 Radio Klara. Entrevista a Juan Gérvas. Se está asustando a la población sin sentido. Se están dedicando ingentes recursos a un problema menor.
- 2009/09/09 El Proyecto Matriz #108. Dr. Juan Gérvas: ante la gripe A, paciencia y tranquilidad.
- 2009/09/16 Radio Nacional de España. El doctor Juan Gérvas critica el trato de la gripe A en los medios de comunicación (RNE).
- 2009/11/04 Alicia Ninou. Entrevista a Juan Gérvas (médico rural).
- 2010/05/16 El Proyecto Matriz #128. Pandemia de gripe A: incoherencias y falta de transparencia.
- 2010/08/07 Tele5, La Noria. Gripe A: ¿prevención o alarmismo injustificado?.
- 2010/08/11 Agencia EFE. Juan Gervás: Jiménez debería dimitir por los "errores" en gestión de gripe A.
- 2010/08/16 Alicia Ninou. No hay enfermedades, sino enfermos. Entrevista a Juan Gérvas.
- 2010/09/30 Berria. Gure osasunaren gaineko eskubidea galtzen ari gara ("Estamos perdiendo el derecho sobre nuestra salud").
- 2010/10/13 Ideal. «¡No se midan el colesterol, sean felices!»
- 2011/05/17 BMJ Group blogs. Tiago Villanueva: Quaternary prevention and disease mongering.
See also
- Cascade effectCascade effectA Cascade Effect is an unforeseen chain of events due to an act affecting a system. If there is a possibility that the cascade effect will have a negative impact on the system, it is possible to analyze the effects with a consequence/impact analysis...
- Family Physician
- General PractitionerGeneral practitionerA general practitioner is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities...
- Health centre
- International Classification of Primary CareInternational Classification of Primary CareThe International Classification of Primary Care is a classification method for primary care encounters. It allows for the classification of the patient’s reason for encounter , the problems/diagnosis managed, primary or general health care interventions, and the ordering of the data of the...
(ICPC – 2) - Inverse care lawInverse care lawThe Inverse care law is the principle that the availability of good medical or social care tends to vary inversely with the need of the population served.Proposed by Julian Tudor Hart in 1971, the term has since been widely adopted.The law states that:...
- MedicalizationMedicalizationMedicalization is the process by which human conditions and problems come to be defined and treated as medical conditions and problems, and thus come under the authority of doctors and other health professionals to study, diagnose, prevent or treat...
- Personal physician
- Primary CarePrimary carePrimary care is the term for the health services by providers who act as the principal point of consultation for patients within a health care system...
- Primary care physicianPrimary care physicianA primary care physician, or PCP, is a physician/medical doctor who provides both the first contact for a person with an undiagnosed health concern as well as continuing care of varied medical conditions, not limited by cause, organ system, or diagnosis....
- Quaternary preventionQuaternary preventionThe quaternary prevention, concept coined by the Belgian general practitioner , are the action taken to identify patient at risk of overmedicalisation, to protect him from new medical invasion, and to suggest to him interventions, which are ethically acceptable...
- Rural healthRural healthIn medicine, rural health is the interdisciplinary study of health and health care delivery in the context of a rural environment or location....