Medicine Isn’t Just An Art Or A Science — It’s Both

It’s not a zero-sum game, but a back-and-forth interaction

Ryan Fan
Ryan Fan
Nov 3 · 4 min read
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Is medicine a science or an art? Although the answer may seem obvious to spectators, the topic is heavy debate among doctors themselves. “What is analysed is whether medicine is an “art based on science”; or, the “art of medicine’,” writes S.C. Panda. My personal prejudices, as a…

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