It is well recognized that the practice of health care is more art than science whether it is based on allopathic, osteopathic, or chiropractic concepts. Science offers the practice only a certain degree of justification. Because all variables cannot be known in any situation, the limited facts of science often fails us in our reasoning. This presents the basic problem facing any writer in our field.
Communication is the ability to communicate an idea from one mind to another.
But this is not an easy process because facts and concepts often become intertwined during the communication process. Facts are specifics. They can be imagined and duplicated. Thus, facts can be communicated from one person to another of reasonable intelligence. Units of measurement, for example, are facts.