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Tag Archives: uncertainty
GP Sceptics podcast 11: Medically Unexplained Symptoms
We interview the Dutch GP who wrote the guide on the difficult art of dealing with patients whose symptoms persist after all reasonable efforts to diagnose them have failed. A fascinating topic because it is both common and perplexing. Continue reading
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Tagged medical, podcast, sceptic, skeptic, uncertainty, Unexplained symptoms
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Not just a GP – I’m your specialist in uncertainty
I specialise in managing chaos. I am the lion who watches, the uncertainty whisperer. Just a GP, really. Continue reading
Small things I don’t understand
Last month’s column was ‘Dealing with uncertainty’, and I haven’t got any better at it, so figured I’d stick to the theme. Might even make it a series. This month’s uncertainty involved a haematologist—I’ve never actually met one, but that … Continue reading
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Tagged blood cells, Flippant, humour, Medical Observer, uncertainty
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Uncertain dealings
My GP registrar’s body language suggested the tute was going poorly, although I blamed the topic: ‘Dealing with uncertainty’. In retrospect, I could have stuck to medical examples, instead of opening with Gandalf’s dilemma about when best to attack Sauron. … Continue reading
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