Knowing enough: On the limits of knowing the patient in epilepsy care

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There are theoretical and practical limits to the extent to which clinicians can or should 'know the patient' in the context of epilepsy care. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Giancarlo Di Gennaro; A. Tomasini

doi:10.1002/epd2.70404

September 5, 2026Epileptic Disorders

Knowing enough: On the limits of knowing the patient in epilepsy care

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To examine the theoretical boundaries and practical limits of acquiring comprehensive patient knowledge within epilepsy care.
Conceptual and epistemological analysis of clinical knowledge boundaries without empirical data collection or secondary dataset analysis.
Proposes a theoretical framework establishing what threshold constitutes 'knowing enough' about an individual to guide safe epilepsy management.
Identifies inherent clinical and epistemic constraints that prevent exhaustive understanding of the patient in routine neurological practice.

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Theoretical analysis uncovers boundaries of clinical understanding in epilepsy care, highlighting limits to how completely clinicians can know a patient.

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Gennaro et al. (2026) studied this question.

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