Clinical judgment and sometimes ethical judgment enter into these decisions where there are often no right or wrong answers and where there are no textbooks or RCTs that tell us what to do.
predecessor - something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone. harbinger, herald, forerunner, precursor. indicant, indication - something that serves to indicate or suggest; an indication of foul play; indications of strain; symptoms are the prime indicants of disease.
successor. n. 1. (Professions) a person or thing that follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office. 2. (Logic) logic the element related to a given element by a serial ordering, esp the natural number next larger to a given one.The successor of n is n + 1, usually written Sn or n'.(sÉkËsÉs Ér).uccessor. n. 1. (Professions) a person or thing that follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office. 2. (Logic) logic the element related to a given element by a serial ordering, esp the natural number next larger to a given one.