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Medical Nihilism

By Jacob , Stegenga

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9780191809170, 0191809179
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
760 kB (778274 bytes)
Edition
First edition
Pages
1\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Medicalization;Medicine--Philosophy;Medicine--Rese

Description

Medical nihilism is the view that we should have little confidence in the effectiveness of medical interventions. This work argues that medical nihilism is a compelling view of modern medicine. If we consider the frequency of failed medical interventions, the extent of misleading evidence in medical research, the thin theoretical basis of many interventions, and the malleability of empirical methods in medicine, and if we employ our best inductive framework, then our confidence in the effectiveness of medical interventions ought to be low.

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