How Physicians Manage Medical Uncertainty: A Qualitative Study and Conceptual Taxonomy.
Paul K J HanTania D StroutCaitlin GutheilCarl GermannBrian KingEirik OfstadPål GulbrandsenRobert TrowbridgePublished in: Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making (2021)
Physicians and physician-trainees employ a variety of uncertainty management strategies focused on different goals, and their tolerance of uncertainty evolves with the development of several key capacities. More work is needed to understand and improve the management of medical uncertainty by physicians, and a conceptual taxonomy can provide a useful organizing framework for this work.