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<journal-id>1817-5996</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Reumatología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cuba Reumatol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1817-5996</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial CIMEQ]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1817-59962019000200014</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La observación. Primer eslabón del método clínico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Observation. First step of the clinical method]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López Palma]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andrea Estefania]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Benítez Hurtado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ximena Gabriela]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Leon Ron]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María José]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Maji Mozo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro Jose]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dominguez Montoya]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniel Roberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Baez Quiñónez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Domenica Fernanda]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Básico Privado San Bartolomé  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ambato ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>21</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1817-59962019000200014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1817-59962019000200014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1817-59962019000200014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  la observación es la base del conocimiento del mundo y de la actividad científica.  Objetivo:  destacar la importancia de la observación como parte del método clínico para arribar al diagnóstico en un proceso salud enfermedad y poder decidir la terapéutica adecuada.  Desarrollo:  el método de observación es un proceso de descomposición-recomposición de informaciones obtenidas mediante la percepción, según los fines científicos establecidos en los modos de observación construidos. Se señala que es un proceso activo y organizado en el tiempo, en el cual se considera, un conjunto de fenómenos que pueden ser analizados.  Conclusiones:  la observación es la primera etapa del método clínico porque es de donde parte la obtención de información, tanto por lo que dice el enfermo como por lo que se puede observar mediante la inspección. Quiere decir que, no solo la información se vincula con la comunicación verbal, sino con formas no verbales como la inspección, y de esa forma se llega a acopiar datos sobre lo que ya puede ser explícito o general o sobre aspectos más particulares o específicos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: observation is the basis of knowledge of the world and of scientific activity.  Objective: to emphasize the importance of observation as part of the clinical method to arrive at the diagnosis in a disease health process and to be able to decide the appropriate treatment.  Development: the observation method is a process of decomposition-recomposition of information obtained through perception, according to the scientific purposes established in the modes of observation constructed. It is pointed out that it is an active and organized process over time, in which it is considered, a set of phenomena that can be analyzed.  Conclusions: observation is the first stage of the clinical method because it is from where the information is obtained, both by what the patient says and by what can be observed through inspection. It means that not only information is linked to verbal communication, but also to non-verbal forms such as inspection, and in this way it is possible to collect data on what can already be explicit or general or on more specific or specific aspects.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[observation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[clinical method]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[diagnosis]]></kwd>
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