Case report: why, what for and how / El reporte de caso: por qué, para qué y cómo hacerlo

ABSTRACT

THE IMPORTANCE OF CASE REPORTS This search for truth mechanisms in Medicine is especially applicable when its object of study is the biological machine that makes up humans. This conception of Medicine ­which could be called positivist­ is limited and impractical if applied in isolation, although there are strong attempts to clearly define its object of study from reductionism because of the complexity of humans as a biological phenomenon and as a social, ethical and political entity.