title: The virtue of unconventional research.
abstract: This address develops an historical approach to unconventional research in medicine. Such research is predominantly but not exclusively non-biological in character. Earlier examples of unconventional research are given, and these then are related to examples chosen from recent work dealing with patient function as an outcome of medical and nursing care. The major argument made is that it is important for unconventional research to continue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Perkoff
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012106:Research / Q000266:history; D012107:Research Design