The practice of medicine basically depends on three general concepts: an individual patient image, the individual disease course of this patient, and an expectation of the future development of the disease. Physicians use heuristics for the cognitive processing of these concepts. Basic clinical heuristics are put into three algorithms: a history-based-learning algorithm, a diagnostic-inferencing algorithm, and a prognostic-planning algorithm. A proto-theory of clinical reasoning for practicing physicians is proposed.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 84 ● ISBN 9783739282459 ● File size 0.5 MB ● Publisher Books on Demand ● Published 2015 ● Edition 4 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6830187 ● Copy protection Social DRM