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'Medical Corona Science': Philosophical and systemic issues: Re‐thinking medicine? On the epistemology of Corona medicine.

Rationale, Aims, and Objectives: The disciplinary profile and the quality of production of knowledge on Corona pandemic is studied. This scientific field is called 'Medical Corona Science'. Methods: Criteria of analytical philosophy of science and science studies are systematically applied. Results:...

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Published in:Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 405 - 415
Main Authors: Tretter, Felix, Marcum, James
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2023
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          Tretter, Felix
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          Knowledge
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          COVID-19 Pandemic
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      ab: Rationale, Aims, and Objectives: The disciplinary profile and the quality of production of knowledge on Corona pandemic is studied. This scientific field is called 'Medical Corona Science'. Methods: Criteria of analytical philosophy of science and science studies are systematically applied. Results: It is shown that mainly auxiliary medical disciplines such as virology and epidemiology but not clinical disciplines provide Corona knowledge. We see a laboratory‐centered, technology‐ and data‐driven science, largely ignoring clinical issues. Therefore we call these approaches "Medical Corona Science" (MCS). We see the need to adapt to features of a 'post‐normal science', a 'mode 2 science' and of 'Integration and Implementation Science', especially as clinical knowledge must be integrated. There is also a severe lack of theoretical considerations that could help to frame the pandemic as a complex dynamic system. Conclusions: We suggest a deeper meta‐scientific discussion of the epistemic value of MCS and propose the application of tools from systems science.
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