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Fear, Trust & The Psychology of Healthcare | Dr. Emily Boss
What actually shapes medical decisions?
In this episode of Thought Atlas, I’m joined by Emily Boss — pediatric ENT surgeon, researcher, educator, and director of pediatric otolaryngology at Johns Hopkins University.
But this conversation goes far beyond medicine itself.
It explores uncertainty, trust, communication, fear, expertise, emotional decision-making, and the deeply human experience of navigating healthcare systems that often struggle to feel human at all.
Dr. Boss studies something surprisingly universal:
why people facing the same information can make completely different choices…
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