?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Empiricism%3A+How+much%2C+how+little&rft.creator=Babu+Kurnool%2C+Dr.+Ramesh&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=The+practice+of+medicine+was+completely+empirical+in+the+beginning+and+the+growth+of+technology+added+newer+tools+to+the+diagnostic+kit.+As+the+kit+grew+larger%2C+there+was+a+reciprocal+diminution+in+the+empiricism.+The+practice+of+medicine+at+the+extremes+of+empiricism+and+evidence+based+medicine+are+not+entirely+desirable.+Every+physician+should+keep+his+clinical+skills+finely+tuned+and+also+acquire+a+well-balanced+view+of+the+utility+and+futility+of+any+newly+introduced+diagnostic+and+therapeutic+tools.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya+Bevinje%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2004-03&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3498%2F1%2F2003-4-4.pdf&rft.identifier=++Babu+Kurnool%2C+Dr.+Ramesh++(2004)+Empiricism%3A+How+much%2C+how+little.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3498%2F