The hegemony of empiricism: The opportunity for theoretical science in medicine

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 478-481

  Yun, Anthony J ^a  

^a Technology of ce Palo Alto   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; CANCER CELL; CELL STRESS; COGNITION; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EMPIRICISM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID RETENTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFESPAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCIENCE; STROKE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EMPIRICISM; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; RESEARCH; SCIENCE;

PROTEA;

EID: 38749095230     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.07.002     Document Type: Editorial

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