How Doctors Think

Author: Kathryn Montgomery
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0195187121
Category: Medical

How Doctors Think: Clinical Judgment and the Practice of Medicine

How Doctors Think defines the nature and importance of clinical judgment. Download How Doctors Think medical books for free.
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 Get How Doctors Think our bestseller medical books.

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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

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