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This book examining diagnosis was first published in 1985. Diagnosis is at the centre of medical practice and depends on skilled information processing and decision making. Medical students, who will spend their working lives gathering information from patients, making decisions and solving problems need to be taught the necessary techniques.

Table of Contents

1. Philosophy of science; 2. Problems of the scientific approach; 3. Information-processing theory: an overview; 4. Data gathering; 5. Limitations on data handling; 6. Decision making: introduction; 7. Decision making: rational models; 8. Decision making: descriptive models; 9. Individual differences; 10. Research methods; 11. The diagnostic process.

The Diagnostic Process

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 11 December 2008
      ISBN-13 9780521103572
      978-0521103572
      ISBN-10 0521103576
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      Medical diagnosis

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book examining diagnosis was first published in 1985. Diagnosis is at the centre of medical practice and depends on skilled information processing and decision making. Medical students, who will spend their working lives gathering information from patients, making decisions and solving problems need to be taught the necessary techniques.

      Table of Contents

      1. Philosophy of science; 2. Problems of the scientific approach; 3. Information-processing theory: an overview; 4. Data gathering; 5. Limitations on data handling; 6. Decision making: introduction; 7. Decision making: rational models; 8. Decision making: descriptive models; 9. Individual differences; 10. Research methods; 11. The diagnostic process.

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