A short note on probability in clinical medicine Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractProbability claims are ubiquitous in clinical medicine, yet exactly how clinical events relate to interpretations of probability has been not been well explored. This brief essay examines the major interpretations of probability and how these interpretations may account for the probabilistic nature of clinical events. It is argued that there are significant problems with the unquestioned application of interpretation of probability to clinical events. The essay concludes by suggesting other avenues to understand uncertainty in clinical medicine.

authors

• Upshur, Ross

status

• published 

publication date

• June 2013

has subject area

• 1117 Public Health and Health Services (FoR)
• Canada (MeSH)
• Clinical Medicine (MeSH)
• Clinical Trials as Topic (MeSH)
• Data Interpretation, Statistical (MeSH)
• Health Policy & Services (Science Metrix)
• Models, Theoretical (MeSH)
• Probability (MeSH)
• Uncertainty (MeSH)

published in

• Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice  Journal

keywords

• Canada
• Clinical Medicine
• Clinical Trials as Topic
• Data Interpretation, Statistical
• Models, Theoretical
• Probability
• Uncertainty

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/jep.12040

PubMed ID

• 23692228

start page

• 463

end page

• 466

volume

• 19

issue

• 3