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Steps towards a theory of medical practice.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9691785     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This article has a threefold intention. 1. It intends to contribute to the clarification of the question in what respect medicine may be called a science and in what respect a practice. 2. It proposes a concept of clinical methodology (including clinical-ethical aspects), as a theory of medical practice that is one component of theoretical medicine. 3. It sketches an approach and some steps towards a systematic analysis of medical-clinical practice. In the first part, the position that medicine is a "practical science" is criticized. It is shown that the supposed opposition of "theoretical" and "practical" sciences is misconstrued. The relevant distinctions are those between knowledge, research, and scientific practice. In the second part, and analysis of the structure and function of descriptive and normative data and of clinical knowledge and principles in clinical practice is given, and a strategy for solving the deep problems of clinical methodology and ethics is sketched.
Authors:
P Hucklenbroich
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Theoretical medicine and bioethics     Volume:  19     ISSN:  1386-7415     ISO Abbreviation:  Theor Med Bioeth     Publication Date:  1998 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1998-08-20     Completed Date:  1998-08-20     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9805378     Medline TA:  Theor Med Bioeth     Country:  NETHERLANDS    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  215-28     Citation Subset:  E; IM    
Affiliation:
Universität Münster, Institut für Theorie und Geschichte der Medizin, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Decision Making
Diagnosis
Ethics, Medical
Humans
Philosophy, Medical*

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