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How decontextualised risk information affects clinicians’ understanding of risk and uncertainty in primary care diagnosis: a qualitative study of clinical vignettes

Alex Burns, Elizabeth Shephard, Raff Calitri, Adrian Mercer, Edmund Jack, Mark Tarrant and Sarah Dean
BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0040. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0040
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vol. 9 no. 4 BJGPO.2025.0040
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https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0040
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40533247

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  • Received February 18, 2025
  • Revision received May 13, 2025
  • Accepted May 22, 2025
  • Published online December 19, 2025.

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  1. Alex Burns1,*,
  2. Elizabeth Shephard1,
  3. Raff Calitri2,
  4. Adrian Mercer3,
  5. Edmund Jack4,
  6. Mark Tarrant2 and
  7. Sarah Dean1
  1. 1 Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
  2. 2 University of Plymouth, School of Psychology, Plymouth, UK
  3. 3 Patient and Public Contributor, Devon, UK
  4. 4 Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth, UK
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Alex Burns, ab1265{at}exeter.ac.uk
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