Applying general medical knowledge to individuals: A philosophical analysis

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 9 (2):187-200 (1988)
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Applying general and statistical knowledge to individuals is difficult either on epidemiological or epistemological grounds. This paper examines these difficulties from the perspective of computer registers of epidemiological data.

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