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Abstract

When we become obsessed with finding the right answer, at the risk of oversimplifying the richly iterative and evolutionary nature of clinical reasoning, the result is the very antithesis of humanistic, individualized patient-centered care.

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Title
Tolerating Uncertainty — The Next Medical Revolution?
Author
Simpkin, Arabella L; Schwartzstein, Richard M 1 

 From the Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (A.L.S.), Harvard Medical School (A.L.S., R.M.S.), and the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (R.M.S.) — all in Boston. 
Pages
1713-1715
Section
Perspective
Publication year
2016
Publication date
Nov 3, 2016
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
ISSN
00284793
e-ISSN
15334406
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1836033768
Copyright
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