Scope and limitations of therapies
Author(s) -
Manu Kothari,
Lopa Mehta
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.105465
Subject(s) - medicine , scope (computer science) , sample (material) , scope of practice , health care , law , chemistry , chromatography , computer science , political science , programming language
Medical practice is in crisis - the sophistications are enormous and expensive, and the outcomes leave much to be desired. An epistemologic evaluation that weighs the scope and limitations of any -pathy or any procedure seems to be the need of the day. As an example, described herein is the logic of such an exercise; and a sample of the exercise itself, taking cancer as an example.
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