Statistics in Medicine: merit and mith cogitation of a clinician
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Resumo: | Biological sciences are not of an exact nature. Medicine is not properly a science, but a scientifically founded profession wich deals with individual cases of undefinable variety. To mathematize Medicine is attempting but faces great limitations. Statistics, the branch of mathematics more closely linked to medical activities, is very useful to define trends. Nevertheless, there is no guarantee that statistical antecipations will in fact happen, in a individual case. Additionally to this limitation of intrinsic nature, one must be aware of formal errors, abusive interpretations, difficulties in reading results, differences of conclusions in dependence of methods, and many other problems. Clinical decision must consider statistical data, among several other sources of information. However, the global sense of the doctor will never be replaced by the myth of an abstract and unexpressive list of figures. A diagnostic procedure, a therapeutic approach, the disclosure of the prognosis are always personal choices. The physician makes his option having in mind the complex problematic of an individual patient, wich is by no means possible to simplify in a formula or an equation. |
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Statistics in Medicine: merit and mith cogitation of a clinicianEstatística em Medicina: o mérito e o mito Reflexões de um clínicoestatísticastatisticsBiological sciences are not of an exact nature. Medicine is not properly a science, but a scientifically founded profession wich deals with individual cases of undefinable variety. To mathematize Medicine is attempting but faces great limitations. Statistics, the branch of mathematics more closely linked to medical activities, is very useful to define trends. Nevertheless, there is no guarantee that statistical antecipations will in fact happen, in a individual case. Additionally to this limitation of intrinsic nature, one must be aware of formal errors, abusive interpretations, difficulties in reading results, differences of conclusions in dependence of methods, and many other problems. Clinical decision must consider statistical data, among several other sources of information. However, the global sense of the doctor will never be replaced by the myth of an abstract and unexpressive list of figures. A diagnostic procedure, a therapeutic approach, the disclosure of the prognosis are always personal choices. The physician makes his option having in mind the complex problematic of an individual patient, wich is by no means possible to simplify in a formula or an equation.As ciências biológicas não são exactas. Em medicina, que não é propriamente uma ciência, mas sim uma profissão de raízes cientificas que lida com casos individuais duma variedade indefinível a matematização é tentadora, mas tem grandes limitações. A estatística, ramo da matemática que mais penetra na actividade médica, é muito útil para definir tendências. Contudo, nada garante que o previsto venha a acontecer, num caso concreto. E, para além destas limitações de princípio, tem de se contar com erros formais, interpretações abusivas, resultados de difícil leitura, flutuação de conclusões ao sabor dos métodos escolhidos e muitos outros problemas. A decisão clínica deve contar com a estatística como um de vários instrumentos informativos, mas não é lícito que o senso global do médico seja substitui do por uma seca listagem de números. Um acto diagnóstico, uma opção terapêutica, o enuncia do do prognóstico, são sempre escolhas feitas em face da complexa problemática dum doente individua irredutível a uma fórmula ou a uma equação.Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna1996-03-29info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2263Internal Medicine; Vol. 3 No. 1 (1996): Janeiro/ Março; 51-58Medicina Interna; Vol. 3 N.º 1 (1996): Janeiro/ Março; 51-582183-99800872-671Xreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPporhttps://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2263https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2263/1635de Oliveira Soares, A.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2023-08-19T06:11:44Zoai:oai.revista.spmi.pt:article/2263Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:27:20.436401Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Statistics in Medicine: merit and mith cogitation of a clinician Estatística em Medicina: o mérito e o mito Reflexões de um clínico |
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Statistics in Medicine: merit and mith cogitation of a clinician |
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Statistics in Medicine: merit and mith cogitation of a clinician de Oliveira Soares, A. estatística statistics |
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Statistics in Medicine: merit and mith cogitation of a clinician |
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Statistics in Medicine: merit and mith cogitation of a clinician |
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Statistics in Medicine: merit and mith cogitation of a clinician |
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Statistics in Medicine: merit and mith cogitation of a clinician |
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Statistics in Medicine: merit and mith cogitation of a clinician |
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de Oliveira Soares, A. |
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de Oliveira Soares, A. |
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de Oliveira Soares, A. |
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estatística statistics |
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estatística statistics |
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Biological sciences are not of an exact nature. Medicine is not properly a science, but a scientifically founded profession wich deals with individual cases of undefinable variety. To mathematize Medicine is attempting but faces great limitations. Statistics, the branch of mathematics more closely linked to medical activities, is very useful to define trends. Nevertheless, there is no guarantee that statistical antecipations will in fact happen, in a individual case. Additionally to this limitation of intrinsic nature, one must be aware of formal errors, abusive interpretations, difficulties in reading results, differences of conclusions in dependence of methods, and many other problems. Clinical decision must consider statistical data, among several other sources of information. However, the global sense of the doctor will never be replaced by the myth of an abstract and unexpressive list of figures. A diagnostic procedure, a therapeutic approach, the disclosure of the prognosis are always personal choices. The physician makes his option having in mind the complex problematic of an individual patient, wich is by no means possible to simplify in a formula or an equation. |
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