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Ambivalence in DecisionMaking A Podcast with Joshua Briscoe Bryanna Moore Jennifer Blumenthal
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Ambivalence is a tough concept when it comes to decision-making. On the one hand, when people have ambivalence but haven't explored why they are ambivalent, they are prone to bad, value-incongruent decisions. On the other hand, acknowledging and exploring ambivalence may lead to better, more ethical, and less biased decisions. • • On today's podcast, Joshua Briscoe, Bryanna Moore, Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, and Olubukunola Dwyer discuss the challenges of ambivalence and ways to address them. This podcast was initially sparked by Josh’s “Note From a Family Meeting” Substack post titled “Ambivalence in Clinical Decision-Making (https://familymeetingnotes.substack.c...) ,” which discussed Bryanna’s and Jenny’s 2022 article titled “Two Minds, One Patient: Clearing up Confusion About Ambivalence (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33620...) . • • Bryanna’s and Jenny’s article is particularly unique as it discusses these “ambivalent-related phenomena” and that these different kinds of “ambivalence” may call for different approaches with patients, surrogates (and health care providers): • • • • In addition to defining these “ambivalent related phenomena” we ask our guests to cover some of these topics: • • • • • • Is ambivalence good, bad, or just a normal part of decision-making? • • • • • • Does being ambivalent mean you don’t care about the decision? • • • • • • What should we be more worried about in decision-making, ambivalence or the lack thereof? • • • • • • The concern about resolving ambivalence too quickly, as it might rush past important work that needs to be done to make a good decision. • • • • • • What about ambivalence on the part of the provider? How should we think about that? • • • • • • How do you resolve ambivalence? • • • Lastly, the one takeaway point from this podcast is that the next time I see ambiguity (or have it myself), I should ask the following question: “I see you are struggling with this decision. Tell me how you are feeling about it.” • •
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