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Understanding Null in Medical Diagnosis

Null in a diagnosis field of a patient record does not necessarily mean the patient has no disease, but rather that the diagnosis is incomplete or the disease is unidentified. Using null values should generally be avoided as it can lead to confusion about a patient's health status. A complete diagnosis is preferable to an unknown or null value.

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Understanding Null in Medical Diagnosis

Null in a diagnosis field of a patient record does not necessarily mean the patient has no disease, but rather that the diagnosis is incomplete or the disease is unidentified. Using null values should generally be avoided as it can lead to confusion about a patient's health status. A complete diagnosis is preferable to an unknown or null value.

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null in this case may mean that diagnosis is not complete and
disease has not been identified. Notice possibility of confusion
that null means that the patient has no disease! This is one of
the reasons why using nulls is not a great idea! We will see
other reasons as well later
Example of a Relation
Diagnosis: an example relation/table
Patient Disease
J im Schizophrenic
J ane Obsessive-Comp
J erry Manic
J oe null

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