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Experimental Research Examining How People Can Cope with Uncertainty Through Soft Haptic Sensations
Published on: September 16, 2015
[Ethics, empiricism and uncertainty]
R Porz1, H Zimmermann, A K Exadaktylos
1Universitäres Notfallzentrum - Department Anästhesie, Notfall- , Intensivmedizin Inselspital Bern - Universitätsspital, 3008 Bern, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Accidents can lead to difficult boundary situations. Such situations often take place in the emergency units. The medical team thus often and inevitably faces professional uncertainty in their decision-making. It is essential to communicate these uncertainties within the medical team, instead of downplaying or overriding existential hurdles in decision-making. Acknowledging uncertainties might lead to alert and prudent decisions. Thus uncertainty can have ethical value in treatment or withdrawal of treatment. It does not need to be covered in evidence-based arguments, especially as some singular situations of individual tragedies cannot be grasped in terms of evidence-based medicine.
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