The Thought Style of Physicians: Strategies for Keeping Up with Medical Knowledge

The differential selection and assessment of knowledge is a key feature of medical practice. This paper presents a study of how doctors select and assess information in practice. Fourteen internal medicine professors from a relevant medical school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were selected through pre...

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Veröffentlicht in:Social Studies of Science. - Sage Publications, Ltd.. - 32(2002), 5/6, Seite 827-855
1. Verfasser: de Camargo,, Kenneth Rochel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2002
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Social Studies of Science
Schlagworte:Epistemology Medical Anthropology Medical Knowledge Thought Style Economics Health sciences Education Behavioral sciences Business