False Positives Traumatize Patients...If Clinicians Aren't Careful
On Becoming a Healer
English - January 19, 2022 14:28 - 30 minutes - 24.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Society & Culture Relationships burnout caring bias boundaryclarity contextualizingcare discrimination empathy engagement learningdisability qualityofcare Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: False Positives Traumatize Patients...If Clinicians Aren't Careful
On January 1st, the New York Times ran a story about prenatal genetic tests that are "usually wrong" -- but they got it wrong. These are actually just tests to tell if someone is high risk. The real story is that clinicians are not communicating with patients about what these tests mean, causing confusion and trauma. This happens across medicine and we discuss how to avoid it.