Second Opinion

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

260

Date Released

1980

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Even common conditions like appendicitis are difficult to diagnose - the symptoms may indicate a number of possibilities. A doctor must rely on his experience to analyse these symptoms and decide whether to operate or not. Now, a British hospital has compiled a computer program which draws on the experience of a wide range of cases of acute abdominal pain, so that any doctor can use this data as a second opinion.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Computers and computing

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/260

Credits:

Cutter: Allen Bowry
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: Maurice Tarling

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