TY  - JOUR
T1  - Intuition in medicine: A philosophical defense of clinical reasoning
AU  - Cotlove EW
Y1  - 2012/11/21
N1  - 10.1001/jama.308.19.2038-a
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2038
EP  - 2038
VL  - 308
IS  - 19
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.308.19.2038-a
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.308.19.2038-a
ER  -