Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal physiotherapy in Portugal

Abstract

Clinical reasoning refers to the process in which practitioners, interacting with their patients, structure meaning, goals, and health management strategies based on clinical data, patient/client choices, and professional judgement and knowledge” (Higgs & Jones, 2000, p. 11). Recent literature in physiotherapy and other allied health professions describes clinical reasoning as moving between cognitive and decision-making processes required to optimally diagnose and manage impairment and physical disabilities (hypothetic-deductive), and those required to understand and engage with patients’ experience of disabilities and impairments (narrative reasoning).

Date of Award	Mar 2010
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	University of Brighton