The family doctor has a decisive impact on the patient's health in the short, medium and long term. The knowledge accumulated over time, acquired in the course of several consultations and analyzing the various symptoms and states of health or illness that the patient presents, is crucial for an informed management of one’s individual and family health. Consultations and symptoms are understood and analyzed in an integrated way, within a personal health history and in a family context, which cannot be replaced in sporadic and circumstantial consultations with specialist doctors. General Practice and Family Medicine also proves to be particularly decisive when referring to children or the elderly, with whom communication with the family, referral to certain specialists and not to others, and treatment proposals are related to factors other than strictly the symptoms presented at a given time. Joaquim Chaves Saúde intends to complement its offer of medical care and consultations with a service that unequivocally makes a difference in the health and well-being of its customers in the short, medium and long term, favoring the construction of a family health history which is integrated and interconnected with the various other medical and surgical services it offers.
The Health Units that provide General Practice and Family Medicine are the Centro Médico de Moscavide, the Clínica Cirúrgica de Carcavelos, the Clínica de Cascais, the Clínica de Entrecampos, the Clínica de Faro, the Clínica de Miraflores, and the Clínica de Sintra.