Every patient tells a story : medical mysteries and the art of diagnosis / Lisa Sanders.
By: Sanders, Lisa.
New York : 2010Edition: 1st pbk. ed.Description: xxvii, 276 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780767922470 (pbk.).Subject(s): Diagnosis -- Popular worksGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| RC71 .M2314 2013 Diagnosing giants : solving the medical mysteries of thirteen patients who changed the world / | RC71 .M33 2018 Macleod's clinical diagnosis / | RC71 .N536 2017 Guide to diagnostic tests / | RC71 .S186 2010 Every patient tells a story : medical mysteries and the art of diagnosis / | RC71 .S44 2016 The 10-Minute Clinical Assessment : | RC71 .U94 2020 SOAP for the rotations / | RC71.2 .C55 2015 Clinical diagnostic tests : how to avoid errors in ordering tests and interpreting results / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-269) and index.
Every patient's nightmare -- Every Patient Tells a Story -- The facts, and what lies beyond -- The stories they tell -- High Touch -- A vanishing art -- What only the exam can show -- Seeing is believing -- The healing touch -- The heart of the matter -- High Tech -- Testing troubles -- Limits of the Medical Mind -- Sick thinking -- Digital diagnosis -- The final diagnosis.
Presents an unflinching look inside the detective story that marks nearly every illness-the diagnosis-revealing the combination of uncertainty and intrigue that doctors face when confronting patients who are sick or dying--from the challenges of the physical exam to the pitfalls of doctor-to-doctor communication, the vagaries of tests, and the near calamity of diagnostic errors.