Medical Informatics, Art or Science?

Jan H. van Bemmel

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1634664

Methods of Information in Medicine, Table of Contents

Methods Inf Med 1996; 35(03): 157-172
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634664

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Medical Informatics, Art or Science?

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Jan H. van Bemmel

¹Department of Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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