Against Scientism: Corrupted Science and the Fight for Medicine's Soul.
Complement Med Res
; 28(1): 56-63, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-806993
ABSTRACT
This article maintains that via the current form of evidence-based medicine, scientism (a pseudo-religious belief in science that is itself not scientific) has been allowed to encroach into medicine. By setting out the philosophical limits of what it is science can do, the effects of this encroachment are discussed in terms of upsetting the balance between the necessarily conflicting art AND science of medicine. In this context, one effect of the Covid-19 pandemic might be to act as a timely reminder - as if it was needed - of the importance of the Hippocratic Oath, which is and always has been the soul of medicine.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Science
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Evidence-Based Medicine
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Complement Med Res
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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