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Medical Nihilism

Medical Nihilism

Hardcover

Medical ReferenceHistory & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 0198747047
ISBN13: 9780198747048
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: May 15 2018
Pages: 242
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
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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