George,
>The phrase 'cognitive conceit' (?attrib. J. Sanfey) springs to mind.
>More likely is the fact that the decision nodes depend upon axiomatic
>data, work on population statistics and do not process values, personal
>utilities or continuous variation very well (not that these couldn't be
>programmed in). General Practice has been trying to get away from the
>reductionist attitude exemplified by computers and many people still
>think of it as an 'infernal' machine.
So (as far as General Practice is concerned) process IS more important than
outcome!!
Regards
Jeff
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