How Do We Know What is the Best Medicine? From Laughter to the Limits of Biomedical Knowledge
Medicine has been called a science, as well as an art or a craft, among other terms that express aspects of its practical nature. Medicine is not the abstract pursuit of knowledge. Medical researchers and clinical practitioners aim primarily to help people. As a first approximation then, given its p...
Main Author: | Nunn, Robin Jack |
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Other Authors: | Thompson, Paul |
Language: | en_ca |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/42544 |
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