GPs' use of gut feelings when assessing cancer risk: a qualitative study in UK primary care.
Claire Friedemann SmithBenedikte Møller KristensenRikke Sand AndersenFd Richard HobbsSue ZieblandBrian David NicholsonPublished in: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners (2021)
GPs described their gut feelings as important to decision making in primary care and a necessary addition to clinical guidance. The steps taken to legitimise their gut feelings matched that expected in good clinical practice.