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Tom Huddle's avatar

In a sense, yes. Medicine is a practice; we learn it during training. yes, it has a web of norms and standards for what are good medical means and ends. These are not "preferences" in any individual sense--they are what constitutes "good medicine" or a good medical outcome as professionally determined. By the end of our training we possess this practice if our training has been successful. And it is what we do--again, if we're doing it right.

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