Uncertainty in medicine : a framework for tolerance / Paul K.J. Han
By: Han, Paul K. J [author].
Contributor(s): Ohio Library and Information Network.
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, ©2021Description: 178 p: illustrations (some color).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190270582.Subject(s): Medicine -- Philosophy | Uncertainty -- Health aspects | Medical care | Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation -- Philosophy | Philosophy, Medical | Uncertainty | Delivery of Health CareGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | R723 .H36 2021 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000017925 |
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
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"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 better understand and manage it. The chapter makes the case for the value of a conceptual framework in helping clinicians and patients to better understand, manage, and ultimately tolerate the uncertainties they experience, and provides an overview of the book"--