Archive: Michael Pottash

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Dr. Michael Pottash Writes about Clinicians’ Word Choices on the Better Healthcare Blog

Dr. Michael Pottash writes about the use of nonspecific words amongst clinicians when communicating prognosis to patients, families and other medical providers, and suggests that…

April 22, 2017

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“Poor Prognostication: Hidden Meanings in Word Choices”

The absence of a standardised language to express prognostic information can be a barrier for providing realistic information to patients and their families. The team of…

April 21, 2017