Medical Nihilism

by Jacob Stegenga

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10 0198747047

ISBN-13 9780198747048

Publisher Oxford University Press

Imprint Oxford University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 15th, 2018

Print length 242 Pages

Weight 546 grams

Dimensions 24.00 x 17.30 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: Medicine: general issues Philosophy of science

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Medical nihilism is the view that we should have little confidence in the effectiveness of medical interventions. Jacob Stegenga argues persuasively that this is how we should see modern medicine, and suggests that medical research must be modified, clinical practice should be less aggressive, and regulatory standards should be enhanced.

This book argues that if we consider the ubiquity of small effect sizes in medicine, the extent of misleading evidence in medical research, the thin theoretical basis of many interventions, and the malleability of empirical methods, and if we employ our best inductive framework, then our confidence in medical interventions ought to be low.

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