Tolerating uncertainty - The Next medical revolution?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 1713-1715

  Simpkin, Arabella L ^a,b   Schwartzstein, Richard M ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEDICINE; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; UNCERTAINTY;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84994140643     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1606402     Document Type: Review

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