How Doctors Think: Clinical Judgment and the Practice of Medicine
Oxford University Press (2006)
| Abstract | How Doctors Think defines the nature and importance of clinical judgment. Although physicians make use of science, this book argues that medicine is not itself a science but rather an interpretive practice that relies on clinical reasoning. A physician looks at the patient's history along with the presenting physical signs and symptoms and juxtaposes these with clinical experience and empirical studies to construct a tentative account of the illness. How Doctors Think is divided into four parts. Part one introduces the concept of medicine as a practice rather than a science; part two discusses the idea of causation; part three delves into the process of forming clinical judgment; and part four considers clinical judgment within the uncertain nature of medicine itself. In How Doctors Think, Montgomery contends that assuming medicine is strictly a science can have adverse side effects, and suggests reducing these by recognizing the vital role of clinical judgment. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Medicine Decision making Medicine Philosophy Clinical medicine Practice Decision Making Judgment Clinical Medicine | |||||||||
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| Call number | R723.5.M665 2006 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0195187121 9780195187120 | |||||||||
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