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Rationality in medicine.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20367692     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Kant taught that, 'Where we find . . . illusions and fallacies . . . , there seems to be required a . . . code of mental legislation . . . founded upon the nature of reason and the objects of its exercise . . . which no fallacy will be able to withstand or escape from . . . ' I address, critically, the Flexnerian and EBM conceptions of scientific medicine and Groopman's ideas about errors of reasoning in the practice of medicine; I underscore the need for theory of medicine, founded on reason and governing cognition about and in the practice of medicine; and I sketch the dawn of rationality in medicine.
Authors:
Olli S Miettinen
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of evaluation in clinical practice     Volume:  15     ISSN:  1365-2753     ISO Abbreviation:  J Eval Clin Pract     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-06     Completed Date:  2010-07-16     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9609066     Medline TA:  J Eval Clin Pract     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  960-3     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. olli.miettinen@mcgill.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Decision Making
Evidence-Based Medicine*
Humans
Judgment
Philosophy, Medical*
Problem Solving
Thinking*

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