BMJ reviews the book How Doctors Think: Clinical Judgment and the Practice of Medicine.
The reviewer rightfully points out that “doctors do not really think that medicine functions as a science with “invariable replicability and rule like precision.”
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The problem with this book is that it is inconsistent. There is scientific knowledge and quackery–there is no middle. Medical judgment or experience deserves no deference unless, of course, those relying upon it have been shown to improve outcomes.
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