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    Clinical methodology

    Area of Science:

    • Medical epistemology
    • Philosophy of medicine

    Background:

    • Clinical methodology was integral to medical procedures until 1968.
    • Specialization led to the disappearance of clinical methodology, impacting diagnostic knowledge.
    • Current diagnostic construction lacks epistemological grounding, relying on inductivism or hypothetico-deductivism.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze the epistemological aspects of clinical diagnosis.
    • To re-evaluate the role of clinical methodology in medical practice.
    • To address the deficit in diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for new physicians.

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    • Review of historical trends in clinical methodology.
    • Analysis of inductivism and hypothetico-deductivism in diagnosis.
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