{"title":"Responsive Equanimity to Uncertainty: Towards the Construction of a Concept for Handling Medical Uncertainty in Clinical Practice.","authors":"Bjørn Hofmann","doi":"10.1007/s10728-026-00562-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of this study is to elaborate an overall concept of addressing uncertainty in clinical practice that covers a series of specific characteristics. To do so, a conceptual engineering approach has been applied, starting with describing the concepts that exist and are in use. Based on this description the functional quality of these concepts (representational devices) is evaluated and a series of criteria for an improved concept is developed. Four alternatives, each with special merits, are presented, suitable for different context, i.e., bearing the burdens of uncertainty, mindful adaptability, compassionate resilience, and responsive equanimity. Among these, responsive equanimity emerges as the most robust generic concept, meeting the majority of criteria at a general level. These results are open for debate and revision before implementation and evaluation.</p>","PeriodicalId":46740,"journal":{"name":"Health Care Analysis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2026-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Health Care Analysis","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-026-00562-5","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ETHICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The objective of this study is to elaborate an overall concept of addressing uncertainty in clinical practice that covers a series of specific characteristics. To do so, a conceptual engineering approach has been applied, starting with describing the concepts that exist and are in use. Based on this description the functional quality of these concepts (representational devices) is evaluated and a series of criteria for an improved concept is developed. Four alternatives, each with special merits, are presented, suitable for different context, i.e., bearing the burdens of uncertainty, mindful adaptability, compassionate resilience, and responsive equanimity. Among these, responsive equanimity emerges as the most robust generic concept, meeting the majority of criteria at a general level. These results are open for debate and revision before implementation and evaluation.
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Health Care Analysis is a journal that promotes dialogue and debate about conceptual and normative issues related to health and health care, including health systems, healthcare provision, health law, public policy and health, professional health practice, health services organization and decision-making, and health-related education at all levels of clinical medicine, public health and global health. Health Care Analysis seeks to support the conversation between philosophy and policy, in particular illustrating the importance of conceptual and normative analysis to health policy, practice and research. As such, papers accepted for publication are likely to analyse philosophical questions related to health, health care or health policy that focus on one or more of the following: aims or ends, theories, frameworks, concepts, principles, values or ideology. All styles of theoretical analysis are welcome providing that they illuminate conceptual or normative issues and encourage debate between those interested in health, philosophy and policy. Papers must be rigorous, but should strive for accessibility – with care being taken to ensure that their arguments and implications are plain to a broad academic and international audience. In addition to purely theoretical papers, papers grounded in empirical research or case-studies are very welcome so long as they explore the conceptual or normative implications of such work. Authors are encouraged, where possible, to have regard to the social contexts of the issues they are discussing, and all authors should ensure that they indicate the ‘real world’ implications of their work. Health Care Analysis publishes contributions from philosophers, lawyers, social scientists, healthcare educators, healthcare professionals and administrators, and other health-related academics and policy analysts.
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