Desperately Seeking Science: The Creation of Knowledge in Family Practice
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Goldstein, Jared
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Hastings Center Report. 1990 Nov/Dec; 20(6): 26-32.
Abstract
Most medical consultations are for self-limiting conditions. While technical expertise remains necessary, creating therapeutic knowledge in this context is the joint responsibility of physician and patient, and depends upon recognition that the observer, the observation, and the observed form a temporary union.
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1990Subject
Autonomy; Communication; Decision Making; Diagnosis; Family Practice; Health; Health Care; Knowledge; Medicine; Paternalism; Patient Care; Patient Participation; Physician Patient Relationship; Physicians; Primary Health Care; Professional Patient Relationship; Science; Social Interaction; Technical Expertise; Uncertainty;
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Desperately Seeking Science: The Creation of Knowledge in Family Practice
Goldstein, Jared (1990)Most medical consultations are for self-limiting conditions. While technical expertise remains necessary, creating therapeutic knowledge in this context is the joint responsibility of physician and patient, and depends ...