Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE: General Considerations
6. 1. Approaching the Logic of Diagnosis 35
7. 2. Typologies of Disease: Nosologies Revisited 56
8. 3. Artificial-Intelligence Approaches to Problem Solving and Clinical Diagnosis 72
9. 4. Steps toward Mechanizing Discovery 94
10. 5. Thoughts on the Limitations of Discovery by Computer 115
11. 6. The Logic(s) of Evaluation in Basic and Clinical Science 123
12. 7. More on the Logic(s) of Evaluation in Basic and Clinical Science 145
13. PART TWO: INTERNIST and CADUCEUS
14. 8. The Process of Clinical Diagnosis and Its Adaptation to the Computer 155
15. 9. Coming to Grips with the Multiple-Diagnosis Problem 181
16. 10. Diagnosis by Computer 199
17. 11. Artificial-Intelligence and Computer Approaches to Clinical Medical Diagnosis: Comments on Simon and Pople 223
18. Index 243