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The Myth of Clinical Judgment
Author(s) -
Biklen Douglas
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1988.tb02053.x
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , prejudice (legal term) , clinical judgment , mythology , politics , perspective (graphical) , psychology , public relations , social psychology , political science , medicine , law , medical physics , philosophy , theology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Professions that provide services to people with disabilities typically do so from a clinical perspective. Yet evidence on the exercise of clinical judgment raises a number of questions about its influence. Other factors such as economics, bureaucratic exigency, politics, service traditions, and societal prejudice may render reliance on clinical judgment little more than a mythology. This paper examines the status of clinical judgment in two areas of policy and practice, namely, placement of students in special education settings, and residential placements and programs for people with developmental disabilities.