Should comprehensive diagnosis include idiographic understanding?

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-302

  Thornton, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comprehensive diagnosis; Nomothetic; Philosophy; Psychiatry; Windelband

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 50249154148     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-007-9117-8     Document Type: Article

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