Tacit knowledge--an epistemological framework and implications for research in doctors information needs

We propose an epistemological framework of medical knowledge which might guide research and attempts in fulfilling doctors information needs. Tacit knowledge is influencing information needs and medical work but it is epistemological unresolved whether it is possible to articulate all this tacit knowledge and thus making it accessible to decision support system programming. Tacit knowledge might explain the difficulties in building successful decision support systems and should be taken into account in research.