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How Doctors Think : Clinical Judgment and the Practice of Medicine by Kathryn Mongtomery is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is How Doctors Think : Clinical Judgment and the Practice of Medicine about?
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.
Who reads How Doctors Think : Clinical Judgment and the Practice of Medicine?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kathryn Mongtomery
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780195187120
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Medical, Fiction, Philosophy
- Rating
- 3.66 / 5 (47 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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