Ljungdalh Anders Kruse
Department of Education, Aarhus University, Campus Emdrup, Tuborgvej 164, Building B, room 216, Copenhagen, 2400, NV, Denmark.
J Med Humanit. 2013 Sep;34(3):369-83. doi: 10.1007/s10912-013-9231-y.
The paper links a debate in the history of medical science between statistics and the experimental method with contemporary diabetes educational practices. An empirical example of a tension between neglect and concern in diabetes self-regulation frames the subsequent theoretical discussion between first, Claude Bernard and statistics and afterwards, Georges Canguilhem as a correlative to Bernard. Through these philosophers of medical science a connection between the experimental method and education is demonstrated. Finally, a case description of an experimental approach to alcohol and experimentation frames and highlights the educational aspect of the methodological discussion.
