How certain are you, doctor?
Journal article
Gillis, Jonathan and Tobin, Bernadette. (2011). How certain are you, doctor? Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 12(1), pp. 71 - 72. https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181e2a4cd
Authors | Gillis, Jonathan and Tobin, Bernadette |
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Abstract | Objective: To argue that pediatric intensive care physicians have difficulties in responding to parental questions about prognostic certainty, and that this constitutes a failure in their professional responsibility to parents. Conclusions: These difficulties arise from three sources: 1) the structure and organization of contemporary intensive care, 2) the neglect of prognostication, and 3) the failure to distinguish scientific certainty from practical certainty. It is proposed that an understanding of these issues will enable physicians to respond to the parental question “How certain are you, doctor?” with more authenticity and sincerity. |
Year | 2011 |
Journal | Pediatric Critical Care Medicine |
Journal citation | 12 (1), pp. 71 - 72 |
Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
ISSN | 1529-7535 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181e2a4cd |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-78751646332 |
Page range | 71 - 72 |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United States of America |
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