TY - BOOK ID - 47042058 TI - Medical nihilism PY - 2018 SN - 9780198747048 0198747047 0191064092 0191809179 0191064106 9780191809170 9780191064098 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy of science KW - Professional ethics. Deontology KW - Human medicine KW - Philosophy, Medical. KW - Outcome Assessment (Health Care). KW - Psychological Theory. KW - Biomedical Research. KW - Medicalization. KW - Medicine KW - Nihilism (Philosophy). KW - Evaluation. KW - Forschung. KW - Medizin. KW - Medizinische Ethik. KW - Nihilismus. KW - Therapie. KW - Philosophy. KW - Research KW - Health Workforce KW - Research. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:47042058 AB - 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. ER -