Trailer: Uncertainty in Medicine
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Why does uncertainty feel overwhelming for patients and doctors?
I remember talking to my sister on the phone before I opened the email that had those results, and I was just crying.
Uncertainty is everywhere in medicine.
Like, what if I'm not allergic to my implant? Like, what is happening to me?
How do clinicians describe the frustration of treating ambiguous cases?
But we don't always know what to do with it.
I will never forget one orthopedist. Who when I didn't improve on the basis of his diagnosis and treatment said to me You know, patients like you are really unsatisfying for doctors.
What is the reality behind the shared decision‑making model in practice?
Join award-winning medical storytelling podcast The Nocturnists as we dig into the gray zone stories of ambiguity, uncertainty, and medical mystery from clinicians and patients.
We talk about in medicine we use a shared decision-making model. We're sharing all the information and come to a decision together. It's not really how it works.
When will the first full episode of “Uncertainty in Medicine” be released?
When people come in with kind of vague symptomatology and gaps in the history, I would just go straight Joe and say, Now tell me what's really wrong with you. And out it would come.
First episode drops this spring. See you there.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
Why does uncertainty feel overwhelming for patients and doctors?
0:01–0:13
2
How do clinicians describe the frustration of treating ambiguous cases?
0:13–0:27
3
What is the reality behind the shared decision‑making model in practice?
0:27–0:49
4
When will the first full episode of “Uncertainty in Medicine” be released?
0:49–1:04