Doctors are not scientists - PMC

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BMJ . 2004 Jun 19;328(7454):0. Doctors are not scientists Richard Smith Richard Smith 1 rsmith@bmj.com editor Find articles by Richard Smith 1 Author information Copyright and License information 1 rsmith@bmj.com Roles Richard Smith : editor Copyright © 2004, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. PMC Copyright notice PMCID: PMC428500 Some doctors are scientists—just as some politicians are scientists—but most are not. As medical students they were filled full with information on biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, and other sciences, but information does not a scientist make—otherwise, you could become a s

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