Talk:Empirical treatment

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[edit] Disagree

Disagree with definition

Means known to be most effective based upon experience and/or evidence.

No, it doesn't. That's 'evidence-based treatment.' Empirical treatment is 'This antibiotic often helps people who have a fever, so let's just try it, even though we're not sure that you have a bacterial infection instead of something else.' WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:50, 18 January 2008 (UTC)