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Atul Gawande
“We look for medicine to be an orderly field of knowledge and procedure. But it is not. It is an imperfect science, an enterprise of constantly changing knowledge, uncertain information, fallible individuals, and at the same time lives on the line. There is science in what we do, yes, but also habit, intuition, and sometimes plain old guessing. The gap between what we know and what we aim for persists. And this gap complicates everything we do.”
Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

“Medicine is not a science; it is empiricism founded on a network of blunders.”
Emmet Densmore, How Nature Cures Comprising a New System of Hygiene; Also The Natural Food of Man

“Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don't take anything for granted. But here's the thing: When you get proof, you need to accept the proof. And we're not that good at doing that.”
Michael Specter

Hippocrates
“Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity. ”
Hippocrates

Hippocrates
“As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm.”
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