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Patient-care medicine is not a science. That is, doctors do not use the scientific method when dealing with patients. It's certainly informed by science regardi
by a-priori 17y ago
Patient-care medicine is not a science. That is, doctors do not use the scientific method when dealing with patients. It's certainly informed by science regarding best practices and techniques, but diagnoses and treatments ultimately comes down to a doctor's intuition about a given situation.
- bpyne 17y agoA lot comes down to past experience as well. For good doctors, it's a learning process that starts in residency and never finishes.