PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cosgrove, Lisa
AU  - Shaughnessy, Allen F.
TI  - Becoming a Phronimos: Evidence-Based Medicine, Clinical Decision Making, and the Role of Practical Wisdom in Primary Care
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230034R1
DP  - 2023 Aug 09
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 531--536
VI  - 36
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/36/4/531.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/36/4/531.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2023 Aug 09; 36
AB  - There has been much discussion about the overmedicalization of human experience and the problems incurred by overzealous action-oriented medical care. In this paper we describe the Aristotelean virtue of phronesis, or practical wisdom, and discuss how it can be developed by interested clinicians. We argue that becoming a phronimos requires conscious attention to one’s practice by using feedback to continually improve. But there must also be judicious adherence to clinical practice guidelines and advocacy for people-as-patients at individual, community, and national levels.