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. 2021 Apr 22:8:641093.
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.641093. eCollection 2021.

Diagnostic Reasoning in Internal Medicine. Cynefin Framework Makes Sense of Clinical Complexity

Gino Roberto Corazza  1 , Marco Vincenzo Lenti  1
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Diagnostic Reasoning in Internal Medicine. Cynefin Framework Makes Sense of Clinical Complexity

Gino Roberto Corazza et al. Front Med (Lausanne). .
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Keywords: aging; clinical complexity; conceptual framework; decision-making; multimorbidity.

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Cynefin identifies four different domains of medical knowledge. Each of them consents different standards of clinical practice and generates circular fluxes of knowledge. Different domains require different diagnostic approaches. Adapted and modified from Snowden & Boone (10).
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