| Assignments of meaning in epidemiology. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 9783856 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Epidemiology works in a public domain, gathering the results of surveys and trials into forms of knowledge which are made available to many stakeholders. Health policy makers, lawyers, the media, medical technology companies, and those who use and deliver health services all have legitimate interests in epidemiology. There is unfortunately no common language in which each of these stakeholders can express their interest in the outcomes of epidemiological studies. The largest and most important gap exists between those who use computational data and those who use cultural and linguistic models to generate their explanations. Methods have been described, however, which allow the identification of all legitimate stakeholders before epidemiological studies are undertaken. Identifying the stakeholders, however, will serve no purpose unless there is a prior commitment by epidemiologists to respect both reductionist and narrative accounts of truth. |
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Authors:
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M Little |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Social science & medicine (1982) Volume: 47 ISSN: 0277-9536 ISO Abbreviation: Soc Sci Med Publication Date: 1998 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1998-12-14 Completed Date: 1998-12-14 Revised Date: 2005-11-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8303205 Medline TA: Soc Sci Med Country: ENGLAND |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1135-45 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia. |
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Attitude of Health Personnel Conflict (Psychology) Epidemiologic Methods* Epidemiology / organization & administration* Evidence-Based Medicine* Humans Knowledge* Philosophy, Medical* Problem Solving Semantics* Sociology, Medical* |
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