Bibliograph

Medical nihilism, Jacob Stegenga

Type

Label

Medical nihilism, Jacob Stegenga

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Medical nihilism

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

1032363768

Responsibility statement

Jacob Stegenga

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Summary

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.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

Creator