In Response: Physician Tolerance of Uncertainty

Arabella Simpkin Begin^{1

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4}, Marcela G Del Carmen^{5

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7}, Jason H Wasfy^{8

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. asimpkin@mgh.harvard.edu.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. asimpkin@mgh.harvard.edu.
³ Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. asimpkin@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. asimpkin@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁵ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁶ Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Boston, MA, USA.
⁷ Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Comment

Arabella Simpkin Begin et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;36(10):3237.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06992-2. Epub 2021 Aug 6.

Arabella Simpkin Begin^{1

2

3

4}, Marcela G Del Carmen^{5

6

7}, Jason H Wasfy^{8

5

9}

¹ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. asimpkin@mgh.harvard.edu.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. asimpkin@mgh.harvard.edu.
³ Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. asimpkin@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. asimpkin@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁵ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁶ Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Boston, MA, USA.
⁷ Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

No abstract available

Comment on

Factors Associated with Physician Tolerance of Uncertainty: an Observational Study.
Begin AS, Hidrue M, Lehrhoff S, Del Carmen MG, Armstrong K, Wasfy JH. Begin AS, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May;37(6):1415-1421. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06776-8. Epub 2021 Apr 26. J Gen Intern Med. 2022. PMID: 33904030 Free PMC article.
Reply Physician Tolerance of Uncertainty.
O'Rourke M, Fowler LA, Hudson MF. O'Rourke M, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Oct;36(10):3236. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06995-z. Epub 2021 Jul 9. J Gen Intern Med. 2021. PMID: 34244960 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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