Tacit knowledge--an epistemological framework and implications for research in doctors information needs.
We propose an epistemological framework of medical knowledge which might guide research and attempts in fulfilling doctors information needs. Tacit knowledge is influencing information needs and medical work but it is epistemological unresolved whether it is possible to articulate all this tacit knowledge and thus making it accessible to decision support system programming. Tacit knowledge might explain the difficulties in building successful decision support systems and should be taken into account in research.
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Danish National Library of Science and Medicine, Nørre Alle 49, 2200 København N, Denmark. pt@dadlnet.dk
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D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D003718:Denmark; D005103:Expert Systems; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research