Causality in medicine

C R Biol. 2019 Mar-May;342(3-4):55-57. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2019.03.001. Epub 2019 Apr 10.

Abstract

This article is the result of a symposium organized at the French Academy of Sciences on May 31, 2016, entitled: Do we need to know the causes to understand and intervene? Questions on causality in the biological and medical sciences, and published in French in a book entitled: Causality in the biological and medical sciences (EDP Sciences, 2017).

Keywords: Causality; Medicine.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Academies and Institutes
  • Causality*
  • Humans