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Uncertainty in medicine : a framework for tolerance /

"Introduces the topic of medical uncertainty and discusses its importance in human life. It argues that medical uncertainty is a critically important but historically neglected experience of both clinicians and patients, and that COVID-19 pandemic and other recent events have raised the need to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Han, Paul K. J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Medicine > Philosophy.
Uncertainty > Health aspects.
Medical care.
Diseases > Causes and theories of causation > Philosophy.
Philosophy, Medical
Uncertainty
Delivery of Health Care
Patient Care
Médecine > Philosophie.
Étiologie > Philosophie.
Prestation de soins.
Soins médicaux.
Diseases > Causes and theories of causation > Philosophy
Medicine > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The Challenge of Uncertainty in Medicine
  • The Nature and Etiology of Uncertainty
  • The Anatomy of Uncertainty
  • The Natural History of Uncertainty
  • The Management of Uncertainty
  • A Way Forward : Systematizing Uncertainty Tolerance.