Medical nihilism / Jacob Stegenga.
By: Stegenga, Jacob [author.].
Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018Edition: First edition.Description: xiv, 226 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198747048 (hbk.).Subject(s): Medicine -- Philosophy | Nihilism (Philosophy) | Medicine -- Research -- Evaluation | Medicalization | Biomedical Research | Philosophy, Medical | Medicalization | Medicine -- Philosophy | Medicine -- Research -- Evaluation | Nihilism (Philosophy)Genre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | R723 .S767 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000012880 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and indexes.
Concepts -- Methods -- Evidence and values.
"Medical nihilism is the view that we should have little confidence in the effectiveness of medical interventions. This book 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" --