If we're talking about communication "within" science, do we include the medical profession? It is in a somewhat ambiguous position -- clearly "of" science, and dependent on science, but also with an element of art and humanistic understanding in its everyday practice. This tension between the "scientific" and "humanistic" approaches to medicine is present in the communication among doctors, particularly during their training years. For an article about this tension, see
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/12/health/12docs.html?ref=science>.
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