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The importance of personal internal feelings ("gut feeling") of general practitioners in the diagnosis of oncological diseases

Publication at First Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Central Library of Charles University, Second Faculty of Medicine, Third Faculty of Medicine |
2022

Abstract

The personal gut feelings evoked by first contact with a patient have only been studied more systematically in this millennium. Two types of personal gut feelings, sense of reassurance and sense of alarm, have been distinguished.

Some studies show that the sense of reassurance can be taken into account in the diagnostic process for patients with new symptoms of serious illness, including cancer diagnoses.