RT Journal
A1 Cotlove EW
T1 Intuition in medicine: A philosophical defense of clinical reasoning
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD November 21
VO 308
IS 19
SP 2038
OP 2038
DO 10.1001/jama.308.19.2038-a
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.308.19.2038-a
AB 
The author's declared intention is to analyze the conflict between 2 polar opposites in philosophical styles of thinking, both of which are historically relevant to making more accurate medical diagnoses and better ethical choices among possible treatments. On one hand is the rational style (mathematical, quantifiable, factual, statistical, probabilistic); on the other is the intuitive style (qualitative, subjective, perceptual, experiential, individually variable). The author's qualifications for this endeavor are an MD from the University of Cape Town, a PhD in philosophy from the University of Chicago, a postgraduate fellowship and research assistantship in biomedical ethics and religious studies at McGill University, and his current research in neuroethics.