Medical Nihilism First Edition Jacob Stegenga

Medical Nihilism First Edition Jacob Stegenga- Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780198747048,0198747047,9780191064104, 0191064106

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• ISBN 10:0191064106
• ISBN 13: 9780191064104
• Author: Jacob Stegenga

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.

Table contents:

1:Introduction
Part I. Concepts
2:Effectiveness of Medical Interventions
3:Effectiveness and Medicalization
4:Magic Bullets
Part II. Methods
5:Down with the Hierarchies
6:Malleability of Meta-Analysis
7:Assessing Medical Evidence
8:Measuring Effectiveness
9:Hollow Hunt for Harms
Part III. Evidence and Values
10:Bias and Fraud
11:Medical Nihilism
12:Conclusion

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