A Compromise Between the Two Extreme Positions in the Clinical

question 72

Multiple Choice

A compromise between the two extreme positions in the clinical versus mechanical prediction controversy has it that clinical information developed by clinicians be

• A) put to optimal use by computers using decision rules.
• B) reviewed and modified by other clinicians before submission for processing by computer.
• C) checked by computer before submission to a panel of "second opinion" clinicians for action.
• D) sent to the main frame supercomputer at the National Institutes of Health for processing using that organization's own data base.

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Working Poor

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Poverty

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