Medical nihilism is the view that we should have little confidence in the effectiveness of medical interventions. Jacob Stegenga argues persuasively that this is how we should see modern medicine, and suggests that medical research must be modified, clinical practice should be less aggressive, and regulatory standards should be enhanced.
Medical nihilism is the view that we should have little confidence in the effectiveness of medical interventions. Jacob Stegenga argues persuasively that this is how we should see modern medicine, and suggests that medical research must be modified, clinical practice should be less aggressive, and regulatory standards should be enhanced.
Jacob Stegenga is a Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He received a Ph.D. from the University of California San Diego, and he has held fellowships at the University of Toronto and the Institute of Advanced Study at Durham University. His research focuses on philosophy of science, including methodological problems of medical research, conceptual questions in evolutionary biology, and fundamental topics in reasoning and rationality.
Inhaltsangabe
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 Appendix 1. Bayes' Theorem and Screening Appendix 2. Measurement Scales Appendix 3. Epistemic Proof of Superiority of RD over RR Appendix 4. Decision-Theoretic Proof of Superiority of RD over RR Appendix 5. Modeling the Measurement of Effectiveness
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 Appendix 1. Bayes' Theorem and Screening Appendix 2. Measurement Scales Appendix 3. Epistemic Proof of Superiority of RD over RR Appendix 4. Decision-Theoretic Proof of Superiority of RD over RR Appendix 5. Modeling the Measurement of Effectiveness
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