The Clinical Medicine: is It Science or Art? Some Epistemological Considerations on Medicine
Authors
Maurizio Soldini
Emergency and Acceptance Department S.S. Admission - Pre-hospitalization University of Rome "La Sapienza", I
Keywords:
Clinical medicine , Biomedicine, Scienze, Philosophy of Medicine, Epistemology
Abstract
The Author examines the problem if the Clinical Medicine is science or art. After distinguishing the Clinical Medicine from Bio-medicine, he briefly considers the concept of reductionism, anti - reductionism and holism. Therefore, he examines the differences between the Medical Pathology and the Clinical Medicine.He studies the scientific value of the Clinical Medicine, concluding that Clinical Medicine is a science - a creative science.
