Palliative Matters

How Doctors Think

Dr. John Mulder and Dr. Jason Beckrow Season 3 Episode 10

What motivates doctors’ decision-making beyond evidence, knowledge, and experience? As Dr. John Mulder and Dr. Jason Beckrow discuss, our patient's wants and wishes should always be considered. Often, though, doctors make decisions based on fear–fear of litigation, of being wrong, or of missing something, especially when uncertainty is present. In this episode, the doctors share how we can mitigate negative motivators by putting the patient first.