Essentialism and nominalism in medicine: Logic of diagnosis in disease terminology

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9027, 1996, Pages 594-596

  Scadding, J G ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030608227     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)02049-1     Document Type: Note

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