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<p>What happens when doctors have to make life-or-death decisions in an evidence-free zone — and patients are left to navigate the unknown? In episode 5 of "Uncertainty in Medicine", we bring you three gripping, real-life stories: a neurosurgeon weighing impossible risks in the operating room, a palliative care doctor facing a young man's quiet resolve to die, and a patient whose long-awaited kidney transplant vanishes in a single phone call. These are high-stakes moments where instinct takes over, control slips away, and the only way forward is a leap of faith.</p> <p dir="ltr">Find show notes, transcripts, and more at <a href= "https://thenocturnists.org/">thenocturnists.org</a>, and subscribe to <a href="https://thenocturnists.substack.com/">our substack</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr">The "Uncertainty in Medicine" series is generously funded by the <a href="https://abimfoundation.org/">ABIM Foundation</a>, by <a href="https://macyfoundation.org/">the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation</a>, and the <...