A SCIENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL: Implications for a Medical School Curriculum

This observation was made by observers of the past who saw that because there was no science of the individual, there was no way to treat a patient as an individual. It is not clear what they thought that science of the individual was, but we know what it is today. It is the uniqueness of the individual—genetic, developmental, and experiential—that accounts for human variation, whether in health or disease.