title: [Clinical knowledge--facts or something more? Some theoretical views].
abstract: Origins, contents and validation procedures of medical knowledge are rarely discussed in medicine. Clinical knowledge is the core of medicine. Analysis of the procedures and strategies for seeking clinical knowledge, and the content of this knowledge, may enlighten the development of medical theory as well as constitute a basis for quality assurance of medical practice. The article presents epistemological challenges related to analysis of clinical knowledge, and delivers some theoretical frames of reference (postmodernism, pragmatism, practice theory and feminism) with a potential to provide a broader understanding of the medical field--acknowledged as living knowledge produced through human interaction.
authors.affiliation: Seksjon for allmennmedisin Universitetet i Bergen.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Malterud
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history; D012586:Science
vernacular_title: Klinisk kunnskap--fakta eller noe mer? Noen kunnskapsteoretiske synspunkter.