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Tolerating Uncertainty - The Next Medical Revolution?
- Source :
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New England Journal of Medicine . 11/3/2016, Vol. 375 Issue 18, p1713-1715. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The authors share their thoughts on the revolutionary change required for cultivating a tolerance of uncertainty in medicine's cultural attitude and approach to uncertainty. Topics mentioned include a shift toward the acknowledgment and acceptance of uncertainty for physicians and their patients, the need for doctors to make decisions on the basis of imperfect data and limited knowledge, and the maladaptive responses of doctors to uncertainty and its impact on work-related stress.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00284793
- Volume :
- 375
- Issue :
- 18
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 119202057
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1606402