Authors

Mary B MacIsaac

MD, BSc (Hons), MPHTM, FRACGP, Director of Medical Education, Mildura Base Public Hospital, Mildura, Vic; General Practitioner, Coomealla Health Aboriginal Corporation, Dareton, NSW

General practitioners do not need to be certain; they need to be safe

This paper reviews how uncertainty affects general practice and describes how models of decision making can be applied in this setting.