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Communication of Diagnostic Uncertainty in Primary Care and Its Impact on Patient Experience: an Integrative Systematic Review.

Maria R DahmWilliam CattanachMaureen WilliamsJocelyne M BassealKelly GleasonCarmel Crock
Published in: Journal of general internal medicine (2022)
Despite a small number of included studies, this is the first review to systematically catalogue the diverse communication and linguistic strategies to express diagnostic uncertainty in primary care. Health professionals should be aware of the diverse strategies used to express diagnostic uncertainty in practice and the value of combining patient-centred approaches with diagnostic reasoning strategies.
Keyphrases
  • primary care
  • systematic review
  • healthcare
  • general practice
  • quality improvement
  • network analysis