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Medical Nihilism

by Jacob Stegenga

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2018
Pages
256
Language
English
Category
Medical Reference & Exam Prep
ISBN
9780198747048
Format
Original PDF

About This Book

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. Read more
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