The Logic of Clinical Reasoning in Medicine
Abstract
Three modes of inference underpin clinical reasoning: abduction, deduction, and induction. Abduction generates plausible explanations or diagnostic hypotheses at the outset of evaluation. Deduction guides the selection of tests to probe the consequences of those hypotheses and to assess whether the presumptive diagnosis accounts for all clinical findings. Induction then compares the hypotheses’ predictions with observable facts to determine whether the expected findings are indeed present.Downloads
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