2020
DOI: 10.1177/0141076820907061
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Medicine’s dangerous optimism: lessons from Dr Pangloss

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“…1 These views may chime with the rose-tinted world view of Dr Pangloss, Voltaire's fictional professor of metaphysico-theologico-cosmolo-nigology, but we may 'rationalise the irrational in times of perceived helplessness'. 2 To avoid false comforts, we need to create an environment that is hospitable to questioning and change.…”
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“…1 These views may chime with the rose-tinted world view of Dr Pangloss, Voltaire's fictional professor of metaphysico-theologico-cosmolo-nigology, but we may 'rationalise the irrational in times of perceived helplessness'. 2 To avoid false comforts, we need to create an environment that is hospitable to questioning and change.…”
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confidence: 99%