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Desperately Seeking Science: The Creation of Knowledge in Family Practice
Author(s) -
Goldstein Jared
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3563424
Subject(s) - limiting , context (archaeology) , psychology , observer (physics) , social psychology , nursing , public relations , medicine , political science , engineering , history , mechanical engineering , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics
Most medical consultations are for self‐limiting conditions. While technical expertise remains necessary, creating therapeutic knowledge in this context is the joint responsibility of physician and patient, and depends upon recognition that the observer, the observation, and the observed form a temporary union.