# The courage to live with radical uncertainty

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDMED 2020
- Speaker: Shekinah Elmore
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/shekinah_elmore_the_courage_to_live_with_radical_uncertainty)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [The courage to live with radical uncertainty](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/shekinah_elmore_the_courage_to_live_with_radical_uncertainty/efa3fab203e5), 16 min (TED's player)