On Jan 19, 2010, at 7:15 PM, Miles Parker wrote:
It was surprising to me to find the extent to which just basic traditional statistical techniques have not made it into health care practice until quite recently. Is it a stretch to imagine that part of the reluctance of doctors to embrace the kinds of techniques used in other fields could be in part due to an inherent (if unstated and poorly realized) conviction that these systems have emergent properties?
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