Nosology and causal necessity; The relation between defining a disease and discovering its necessary cause

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 577-588

  Flier, Frank J ^a   De Vries Robbé, Pieter F ^b  

^a Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Causality; Disease definition; History of medicine; Nosology; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEMANTICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE; HUMANS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0033497415     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009994603779     Document Type: Review

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