hey sis,medicine is a bachelor degree which u study just after completing the high school.and wud u waste ur time studying maths instead of join med?
By the way, medicine course do not include maths course coz they know high school maths is enough. (i never hav said maths isnt necessary,i said higher knowledge in maths is a Positive point).If it was that necessary then they wud have included maths in the course! and Mokele's true abt Med entrance exam.
Even if u knew maths,till the final year you'l have forgetten everything,thats why in the medical reseach they always include a statistician! and as far as drug doses are concern, simple calculus which is taught in high school is enough.
the main thing in medicine,is to take proper history,investigate,diagnosis n differential diagnosis,and drug therapy.the most important thg is the art of history taking and differential diagnosis,i dont think we need maths here.medicine is an art, ur experience matters much than ur knowledge.maths has minor role.
if u dont believ me go and ask to do a simple integration to an intern or a doc,i bet they can't coz if they were good at maths,in the course of heavy medical course they will have forgotten.
AND as far as the original Q is concerned,Maths is not as important as anatomy and Physiology.Little maths is required in Pharmacology and Community Medicine.