Fritz Z

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus · active 2024-2025
2025
In Defence of Causing Patients to Worry: Ethical Issues in the Communication of Diagnostic Uncertainty.
Bioethics ·doi:10.1111/bioe.13436

Doctors are often motivated by a desire to avoid causing their patients worry. In this paper, we provide a defence of disclosing diagnostic uncertainty information to patients, even if such disclosures are worrying. We first consider whethe…

2025
To what extent should doctors communicate diagnostic uncertainty with their patients? An empirical ethics vignette study.
Journal of medical ethics ·doi:10.1136/jme-2024-109932

Background/aimsAlthough diagnostic uncertainty is common, patient-focused research examining its communication is lacking. We aimed to determine patient preferences for the communication of diagnostic uncertainty, and examine the effects of…

2024
How and why do doctors communicate diagnostic uncertainty: An experimental vignette study.
Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy ·doi:10.1111/hex.13957

BackgroundDiagnostic uncertainty is common, but its communication to patients is under-explored. This study aimed to (1) characterise variation in doctors' communication of diagnostic uncertainty and (2) explore why variation occurred.Metho…