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Medical uncertainty is inherent in clinical practice. Responsible management of medical uncertainty, encompassing epistemic, metaphysical, and relational types, is a key task in clinical ethics.

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Area of Science:

  • Clinical Ethics
  • Medical Philosophy

Background:

  • Uncertainty is an unavoidable aspect of clinical judgment and medical practice.
  • The concept of
  • moral management of medical uncertainty
  • was introduced by E. Haavi Morreim.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the varieties of uncertainty in clinical medicine and ethics.
  • To provide philosophically innovative and clinically applicable accounts of medical uncertainty.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of uncertainty in clinical contexts.
  • Review of the 2012 Clinical Ethics journal issue.

Main Results:

  • Identified and categorized three main types of uncertainty: epistemic, metaphysical, and relational.
  • Presented innovative philosophical and clinical perspectives on managing medical uncertainty.

Conclusions:

  • Effective clinical ethics requires addressing the moral dimensions of medical uncertainty.
  • Understanding the different types of uncertainty is crucial for responsible clinical practice and ethical decision-making.