ArticleJournal of evaluation in clinical practice2025
Bearing the Burdens of Medical Uncertainty.
Article in Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Responsive Equanimity to Uncertainty: Towards the Construction of a Concept for Handling Medical Uncertainty in Clinical Practice.Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy · 2026Article
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Abstract
rationaleUncertainty comes in many kinds, is ubiquitous in all parts of clinical work, and is burdensome to physicians, patients, proxies and policy makers. Moreover, it leads to a range of adverse responses such as excessive testing and interventions, overdiagnosis and overtreatment. While the technical aspects of uncertainty are widely accounted for, the burdens of uncertainty need closer scrutiny. AIMS AND
objectivesThe aim of this article is to investigate the complex burden of uncertainty for clinicians: as health professionals, carers for patients, and human beings facing the unknown.
methodA conceptual analysis is applied introducing a case to illustrate the diverse aspects of uncertainty reviewed in the literature.
resultsWe identify six types of burdens of uncertainty: cognitive, emotional, behavioural, social, moral and existential and show how they play out for clinicians in clinical care for their patients, as health professionals, as caregivers and human beings. Moreover, we suggest specific strategies for bearing these various types of burdens of uncertainty in all roles.
conclusionBearing the burdens of uncertainty is crucial for professional integrity, well-being, and communication with patients, but also for improving the quality, safety, efficiency and sustainability of healthcare.
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