When doctors don't listen how to avoid misdiagnoses and unnecessary tests
Discusses how to avoid harmful medical mistakes, offering advice on such topics as working with a busy doctor, communicating the full story of an illness, evaluating test risks, and obtaining a working diagnosis.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a When doctors don't listen : |b how to avoid misdiagnoses and unnecessary tests / |c Leana Wen and Joshua Kosowsky. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, |c 2013. | ||
| 300 | |a xiv, 334 p. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t How we got here. |t From shamans to black boxes ; |t Do as I say, do as I do -- |t Cookbook medicine : live from the ER. |t The car mechanic with the pulled muscle ; |t The mother of two who had trouble breathing ; |t The college student with a bad headache ; |t The woman who fainted at the sight of a sandwich -- |t The building blocks to avoid misdiagnosis. |t A crash course on diagnosis ; |t Begin at the beginning ; |t What's the story? ; |t What does the story mean? ; |t Help me help you ; |t It's just common sense -- |t How to get to the right diagnosis. |t The 8 pillars to better diagnosis ; |t Prescriptions for patients ; |t Cookbook outcomes, revisited -- |t Prescription for reform. |t Diagnosis, multiplied ; |t Countering the skeptics -- |g Appendix 1. |t Prescriptions for healthcare providers -- |g Appendix 2. |t 21 exercises toward better diagnosis -- |g Appendix 3. |t Worksheets toward your diagnosis -- |g Appendix 4. |t 911 glossary of key terms. |
| 520 | |a Discusses how to avoid harmful medical mistakes, offering advice on such topics as working with a busy doctor, communicating the full story of an illness, evaluating test risks, and obtaining a working diagnosis. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Physician and patient. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Communication in medicine. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Diagnostic errors |x Prevention. | |
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