The Paramorphic Representation of Clinical Judgement, No. 12
| dc.contributor.author | Hoffman, Paul J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-29T21:51:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-29T21:51:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1972 | |
| dc.description | 27 pages | |
| dc.description.abstract | The primary task of clinical diagnosis is that of collecting , evaluating, and assimilating information with respect to the patient. The starting point is the information itself; this may be in the form of laboratory test results, biographical data, scores on psychological tests, manifest symptoms, or other observables. The end result is a judgment; this may take the form of a recommendation concerning treatment or discharge, a decision that certain other data are necessary before final judgment is made, or a classification of the patient into a diagnostic category. What intervenes between beginning and end is, for each clinician, a quite complex idiosyncratic process . It is the purpose of this paper to demonstrate that the process is capable of rigorous investigation and description. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/30365 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Oregon Research Institute | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | |
| dc.subject | clinical judgement, clinical diagnosis, judgement, mental process, relative weights | |
| dc.title | The Paramorphic Representation of Clinical Judgement, No. 12 | |
| dc.type | Other |