Medical Uncertainty

Uncertainty in medicine come in many forms and have a wide range of epistemic and ethical implications.

Methods

Conceptual, epistemological, and ethical analysis of uncertainty.

Financed by the University of Oslo and NTNU as part of the project leader's ordinary work.

Hofmann B. M., Lysdahl K. B. Types of diagnostic uncertainty – defining them and addressing them. Philosophy of Advanced Medical Imaging; 2021-02-04 - 2021-02-04; online2021.
Hofmann B. M. Vagueness in Medicine: On Disciplinary Indistinctness, Fuzzy Phenomena, Vague Concepts, Uncertain Knowledge, and Fact-Value-Interaction. Axiomathes. 2021;Online before print:1-18.
Hofmann B. 9 Overdiagnosis: epistemic uncertainty and ethical challenges. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. 2019;24(Suppl 2):A11-A.
Espelid I., Alanen P., Hofmann B. Evidence based dentistry and ethics. Den norske tannlegeforenings tidende. 2013;123(1):28-32.
Hofmann B. Does oral infection cause cardiovascular disease? Oral and moral challenges. Community dentistry and oral epidemiology. 2011;39(5):385-92.
Hofmann B. For sikkerhets skyld : om skylden i vår søken etter sikkerhet. Bibliotek for læger. 2005;197(4):353-64.
Hofmann B. Sikkerhetens skyld: om handling under usikkerhet. Utposten. 2001(1):32.