Click on the title of any article to view the abstract. Reprints of individual authored articles are available only from the authors. In the past, this has been conducted implicitly with little analysis of the process per se.
Some methods consider only work causes, whereas others explicitly consider alternative explanations.
There are considerable differences among the methods in process, outcome, and fundamental assumptions. Formal assessment of the medical causation analysis process can provide insight and may ultimately lead to its standardization and improvement.