"What's Going to Happen?": Internal Medicine Resident Experiences of Uncertainty in the Care of Older Adults.

Julia V LoewenthalChristine P BeltranAlev AtalayAndrea Wershof SchwartzSubha Ramani

Published in: Journal of general internal medicine (2024)

Internal medicine residents face uncertainty when caring for older adults, particularly related to technical and conceptual factors. Strategies for mitigating uncertainty in the care of older adults are needed given links with moral distress and trainee well-being.

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