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The courage to live with radical uncertainty

Shekinah Elmore · TED

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When your future is uncertain, how do you keep moving forward? In this courageous talk, oncologist and cancer survivor Shekinah Elmore shares how she embraced life after a rare genetic diagnosis -- and explains why she believes doctors have a duty to help their patients learn to live with radical uncertainty.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDMED 2020
Speaker
Shekinah Elmore
Year
2020
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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