Can computers replace medical thinking?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15386/mpr-2523

Keywords:

computer, medical thinking, patient

Abstract

Many are wondering if computers can replace the work of doctors. Medical science works on a set of values such as simplicity, elegance, predisposition for control, and doctors do more than process data, they understand nuances and learn to master uncertainty. Doctors maintain a human touch that cannot be replaced by a data-processing machine, with the observation that such a machine could help the doctor’s work.

Comparing the doctor with “a machine” can only be a compliment when referring to the efficient work of the profession, but without the life-giving love, medicine remains only a computer program and the patient a data sheet.

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Published

2023-01-18

How to Cite

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Buta MG. Can computers replace medical thinking?. Med Pharm Rep [Internet]. 2023 Jan. 18 [cited 2025 Oct. 5];96(1):111-6. Available from: https://medpharmareports.com/index.php/mpr/article/view/2523

Issue

Vol. 96 No. 1 (2023)

Section

Philosophy of Medicine

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