Pedinielli J L, Lernout P, Delahousse J
Acta Psychiatr Belg. 1986 Sep-Oct;86(5):622-7.
The authors analyse the difficulties of the knowledge given by epidemiological studies from the clinician's point of view. They propose three arguments to define the aid epidemiology can bring to clinicians: to give rise to hypotheses from clinical experience, validate some epidemiological results, and reflect on the integration of predictive knowledge in clinical practice. These arguments are illustrated by examples taken from the authors work and propositions of epidemiological studies of which the aim and the problematic could emanate from observation and clinical experiences.
作者从临床医生的角度分析了流行病学研究所提供知识的难点。他们提出了三个论据来界定流行病学能够为临床医生带来的帮助：从临床经验中产生假设、验证一些流行病学结果以及思考预测性知识在临床实践中的整合。这些论据通过作者工作中的实例以及流行病学研究的命题得以说明，这些研究的目的和问题可能源于观察和临床经验。
