000812327 000__ 01875cam\a2200385\i\4500 000812327 001__ 812327 000812327 005__ 20210515142508.0 000812327 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000812327 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 000812327 008__ 170720s2018\\\\enk\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000812327 020__ $$a9780191809170$$q(electronic book) 000812327 035__ $$a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001844792 000812327 040__ $$aStDuBDS$$beng$$cStDuBDS$$erda$$epn 000812327 050_4 $$aR723 000812327 08204 $$a610.1$$223 000812327 1001_ $$aStegenga, Jacob,$$eauthor. 000812327 24510 $$aMedical nihilism /$$cJacob Stegenga. 000812327 250__ $$aFirst edition. 000812327 264_1 $$aOxford :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2018. 000812327 300__ $$a1 online resource 000812327 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000812327 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000812327 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier 000812327 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000812327 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000812327 5208_ $$aMedical nihilism is the view that we should have little confidence in the effectiveness of medical interventions. This work argues that medical nihilism is a compelling view of modern medicine. If we consider the frequency of failed medical interventions, the extent of misleading evidence in medical research, the thin theoretical basis of many interventions, and the malleability of empirical methods in medicine, and if we employ our best inductive framework, then our confidence in the effectiveness of medical interventions ought to be low. 000812327 588__ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 2, 2018). 000812327 650_0 $$aMedicine$$xPhilosophy. 000812327 650_0 $$aNihilism (Philosophy) 000812327 650_0 $$aMedicine$$xResearch$$xEvaluation. 000812327 650_0 $$aMedicalization. 000812327 77608 $$iPrint version:$$z9780198747048 000812327 85280 $$bebk$$hOxford Scholarship Online 000812327 85640 $$3Oxford scholarship online$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198747048.001.0001$$zOnline Access 000812327 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:812327$$pGLOBAL_SET 000812327 980__ $$aEBOOK 000812327 980__ $$aBIB 000812327 982__ $$aEbook 000812327 983__ $$aOnline