Publications

‘Niet-pluis’ tuchtrechterlijk gewogen

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

A double publication of How do disciplinary tribunals judge the 'gut feelings' of doctors? An analysis of Dutch tribunal decisions 2000-2008. J Law and Medicine 2010; 18(1). ... read more

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How do disciplinary tribunals judge the ‘gut feelings’ of doctors?

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

The authors concluded that the sense of alarm as a diagnostic tool has been taken seriously by Dutch tribunals. Its timely development is considered to be an element of the professional standards for doctors. ... read more

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Consensus on gut feelings in general practice

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Conclusion: the sense of alarm and the sense of reassurance are now well-defined concepts. These descriptions enable us to operationalise the concept of gut feelings in further research.... read more

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The diagnostic role of gut feelings in general practice

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Conclusion: gut feelings are familiar to most GPs in the Netherlands and play a substantial role in their everyday routine. The participants distinguished two types of gut feelings, a sense of reassurance and a sense of alarm. We need more research into the contributions of individual determinants and into the test properties of gut feelings to make the concept suitable for medical education.... read more

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EGPRN 2007 – “Something doesn’t fit, here!”

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Summary: The existence of a “sensation of alarm” has been established beyond doubt. GPs used the words “Something does not fit, here!” quite uniformly. Nevertheless, they described non-analytical processes in their decision making which were quite different from each other. Emotional and vegetative connotations differ considerably for physician and situation, also. ... read more

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