Scientific Methodology in Clinical Medicine: II. Classification of Human Disease by Clinical Behavior
Publication: Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 61, Number 4
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The following paper is the second of four parts of Dr. Feinstein's cogent analysis of scientific methodology in clinical medicine. The subsequent parts, which will appear in the November and December issues of the ANNALS, are subtitled as follows: "III. The Evaluation of Therapeutic Response" and "IV. Acquisition of Clinical Data."—Ed.
OUTLINE OF CONTENTS: PART II
TAXONOMIC ARRANGEMENT OF DATA IN HUMAN DISEASE
EVOLUTION OF CLINICAL DATA FROM DIAGNOSTIC TO JUDGMENTAL FUNCTIONS
CLINICAL DATA AS SCIENTIFIC VARIABLES IN CLINICAL REASONING
CLASSIFICATION OF CLINICAL BEHAVIOR OF A DISEASE
MODE OF DETECTION AND GENERAL CLINICAL STATE
Definitions and Concepts
Mathematical Formulation
INDIVIDUAL...
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Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 61 • Number 4 • 1 October 1964
Pages: 757 - 781
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Published in issue: 1 October 1964
Published online: 1 December 2008
Keywords
- Behavior
- Biostatistics
- Cardiology and cardiovascular diseases
- Cardiovascular anatomy
- Cognition
- Cognitive psychology
- Computer and information sciences
- Computer applications
- Computers
- Health care
- Heart
- Hospital medicine
- Medical services
- Prevention, policy, and public health
- Psychiatry and mental health
- Psychology
- Research and reporting methods
- Statistical methods
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