Ebook: Diagnosis: Philosophical and Medical Perspectives
- Tags: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics), Philosophy of Medicine, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Philosophy of Technology, Ethics
- Series: Episteme 15
- Year: 1990
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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1. GENERAL The term "diagnostics" refers to the general theory of diagnosis, not to the study of specific diagnoses but to their general framework. It borrows from different sciences and from different philosophies. Traditionally, the general framework of diagnostics was not distinguished from the framework of medicine. It was not taught in special courses in any systematic way; it was not accorded special attention: students absorbed it intuitively. There is almost no comprehensive study of diagnostics. The instruction in diagnosis provided in medical schools is exclusively specific. Clinical instruction includes (in addition to vital background information, such as anatomy and physiology) specific instruction in nosology, the theory and classification of diseases, and this includes information on diagnoses and prognoses of diverse diseases. What is the cause of the neglect of diagnostics, and of its integrated teaching? The main cause may be the prevalence of the view of diagnostics as part-and parcel of nosology. In this book nosology is taken as a given, autonomous field of study, which invites almost no comments; we shall freely borrow from it a few important general theses and a few examples. We attempt to integrate here three studies: ll of the way nosology is used in the diagnostic process; of the diagnostic process as a branch of applied ethics; ~ of the diagnostic process as a branch of social science and social technology.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-23
The Problem Situation and Its Context....Pages 25-40
The Computer Revolution in Medicine....Pages 41-66
Ethics of Diagnostic Systems....Pages 67-90
Systems and Medicine....Pages 91-113
Diagnostic Theory....Pages 115-136
Diagnostic Practice....Pages 137-154
Some Interfaces of Medical Diagnosis....Pages 155-181
The Human Factor....Pages 183-208
Conclusion: The Future of The Diagnostic Service....Pages 209-233
Back Matter....Pages 235-263
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-23
The Problem Situation and Its Context....Pages 25-40
The Computer Revolution in Medicine....Pages 41-66
Ethics of Diagnostic Systems....Pages 67-90
Systems and Medicine....Pages 91-113
Diagnostic Theory....Pages 115-136
Diagnostic Practice....Pages 137-154
Some Interfaces of Medical Diagnosis....Pages 155-181
The Human Factor....Pages 183-208
Conclusion: The Future of The Diagnostic Service....Pages 209-233
Back Matter....Pages 235-263
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