"Empiricism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the principal schools of medical philosophy in ancient Greece and Rome. It developed in Alexandria between 270 and 220 B.C., the only one to have any success in reviving the essentials of the Hippocratic concept. The Empiricists declared that the search for ultimate causes of phenomena was vain, but they were active in endeavoring to discover immediate causes. The "tripod of the Empirics" was their own chance observations (experience), learning obtained from contemporaries and predecessors (experience of others), and, in the case of new diseases, the formation of conclusions from other diseases which they resembled (analogy). Empiricism enjoyed sporadic continuing popularity in later centuries up to the nineteenth. (From Castiglioni, A History of Medicine, 2d ed, p186; Dr. James H. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Empiricism" by people in Profiles.
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Improving Quality Improvement-From Aspiration Toward Empiricism. JAMA Cardiol. 2022 09 01; 7(9):912-913.
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Empiricism and Rights Justify the Allocation of Health Care Resources to Persons with Disorders of Consciousness. AJOB Neurosci. 2021 Apr-Sep; 12(2-3):169-171.
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Using a Socratic dialogue to tackle thorny issues of psychiatry. Acad Med. 2009 Nov; 84(11):1562-6.
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Empirical studies of capacity in older adults: finding clarity amidst complexity. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2007 Jan; 62(1):P18-9.
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Precipitants to psychiatric patient assaults on staff: review of empirical findings, 1990-2003, and risk management implications. Psychiatr Q. 2005; 76(4):317-26.
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Ted Kaptchuk, OMD subjectivity and the placebo effect in medicine. Interview by Bonnie Horrigan. Altern Ther Health Med. 2001 Sep-Oct; 7(5):100-8.
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Identifying and developing empirically supported child and adolescent treatments. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1998 Feb; 66(1):19-36.