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Where's the Evidence: Debates in Modern Medicine

William A. Silverman and David L. Sackett

Print publication date: 1999

Print ISBN-13: 9780192630889

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192630889.001.0001

Betting on specified horses

Chapter:
(p. 30 ) 8 Betting on specified horses
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Where's the Evidence?
Author(s):

William A. Silverman

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192630889.003.0008

This chapter presents a 1989 commentary on scientific thought. It reviews Sir Peter Medawar's philosophic arguments about scientific thought. It says that in medicine, there is a need to maintain a delicate balance between demolition and construction.

Keywords:   scientific thought, medical practice, medicine, Peter Medawar

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