A framework for understanding medical epistemologies

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 461-486

  Khushf, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical reasoning; Epistemology; Error; Evidencebased medicine

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHILOSOPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL REASONING; EPISTEMOLOGY; ERROR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE;

HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

CLINICAL REASONING; EPISTEMOLOGY; ERROR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE;

EID: 84888387884     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jht044     Document Type: Review

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