Episode 19 – The Illusion of Certainty

Medicine has seen the proliferation of guidelines/pathways/clinical decision rules in a dizzying white noise of advisories. They have been developed on the charitable side to minimise variance and provide some certainty of benefit for patients and ease for clinicians. But "do they do what it says on the packet"? This is a perspective and caution on the use of guidelines and pathways and a plea to remember critical thinking and clinical acumen.

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Medicine has seen the proliferation of guidelines/pathways/clinical decision rules in a dizzying white noise of advisories. They have been developed on the charitable side to minimise variance and provide some certainty of benefit for patients and ease for clinicians. But "do they do what it says on the packet"? This is a perspective and caution on the use of guidelines and pathways and a plea to remember critical thinking and clinical acumen.

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