H Soori, A Ansarifar, F Mubasheri, A Mahmoudlou, Z Noorafkan, M Bakhtiari,
Volume 7, Issue 4 (3-2012)
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The relationship between
two things if one is another originator or creator, called causality. Although this
concept is not specified to Medical Sciences and Epidemiology, the importance
of this issue is more highlighted in the field of epidemiology. Causation is
the most basic concepts in empirical sciences and is still under discussion
because it is dependent on the basis of any scientific laws without acceptance
something cease causality is impossible. With the increasing development of
science as well as epidemiology, causality has found a broader concept and its
application in analytical studies and logical interpretation of the results of
this type of study, has a wider dimension. Due to developing new epidemiology
courses at medical universities and increase the number of students, it is felt
to talk more about the causality concept. In this review causality concepts in
the humanities is overviewed, its history is briefly described, the causality
of Medical Epidemiology and also Islamic religion is considered, then the
causality framework, and models to interpret the conventional causality will be
discussed.
