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Examines the way television news and documentaries covered the Ethiopian famine of 1984-5, using a ‘Heart of the Matter’ documentary by David Jessel to examine the usefulness of food aid and the question...
Looks at a policy-capturing study conducted within the medical profession, its intentions, results and reactions to it. In the study judgments made by consultants in assessing the severity of arthritis were...
Looks at medical judgment and how good it is. Can it be improved by the use of decision-making systems? Discussions and expositions are set in the context of a discourse between a judgment analyst and a...
Looks at F T de Dombal’s computer system for aiding in the diagnosis of acute abdominal pain. It is shown in use in Sunderland District General Hospital and its inventor discusses its use and value. The...
Looks at three examples of videodiscs used in training: the LGTB disc WHO DO YOU THINK YOU’RE TALKING TO?, used by London Transport to train bus drivers in customer relations; the BBC’s DOMESDAY DISC...
Continues the presentation of decision analysis by looking at biases commonly exhibited by people when they assess chances. A group of hospital staff respond to light-hearted questions and their answers are...
A discussion on medical ethics led by Raanan Gillon, a practising GP and editor of the ‘Journal of MedicaL Ethics’. The participants are Diana Brahams (barrister-at-law and editor of the ‘Medico-legal...
Looks at ways of determining people’s utilities for various health states. There is actuality and reconstruction of various methods currently employed at the New England Medical Center and in genetic...
Knowledge-based aids are briefly presented and discussed: the GLADYS system for diagnosing dyspepsia; algorithms used in training workers in Third World countries; a rule-based expert system currently being...
A discussion on medicine and the law led by Diana Brahams who is a barrister-at-law, editor of the ‘Medico-Legal Journal’ and legal correspondent to ‘The Lancet’. The participants are Raanan Gillon,...
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