"Medicine uses science, but it is not science"

Reasserting that there are no certainties in medicine:

Montgomery tells us it is important to realize medicine is not a science. We imagine if it’s a science, its conclusions and recommendations are certain. They’re not, as any honest doctor would tell you.

And curing ourselves of this false quest for an impossible certainty is step one toward having a medicine we can live with and manage.

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