How medical know-how progresses

Richard R. Nelson; Kristin Buterbaugh; Marcel Perl; Annetine Gelijns

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2011.06.014

How medical know-how progresses

Richard R. Nelson
, Kristin Buterbaugh
, Marcel Perl
, Annetine Gelijns

Population Health Science and Policy

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Abstract

The conventional wisdom regarding the source of progress in medical practice highlights the role of basic scientific research into the nature of disease pathologies. This perspective neglects the important role of two other sources of progress in medicine. One is the advance of technologies that have enabled the development of new modalities of treatment and diagnosis. The other is learning in clinical practice. In many cases the advance of treatment has involved the interaction of all three of these pathways to progress.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1339-1344
Number of pages	6
Journal	Research Policy
Volume	40
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2011.06.014
State	Published - Dec 2011

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Medicine

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