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Figure 2. Clinical tension.
Trigger resolution consists of saying to oneself: "Stop asking or exploring the patient, I know the diagnosis or what to do." Sometimes the physician needs more time to achieve a diagnosis, but the tension of not knowing what to do is so important that the physician achieves critical tension, and the resolution trigger is activated. At this point the physician can accept as a good diagnosis an early hypothesis that does not fit well with the case.
