title: [The clinical medicine: Is it science or art? Some epistemological considerations on medicine].
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 Medicinal Pathology and the Clinical Medicine. He studies the scientific value of the Clinical Medicine, concluding that Clinical Medicine is a science - a creative science.
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soldini
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D015510:Clinical Medicine; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D010338:Pathology, Clinical; D012586:Science