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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Table of Contents:
- How we got here. From shamans to black boxes ; Do as I say, do as I do
- Cookbook medicine : live from the ER. The car mechanic with the pulled muscle ; The mother of two who had trouble breathing ; The college student with a bad headache ; The woman who fainted at the sight of a sandwich
- The building blocks to avoid misdiagnosis. A crash course on diagnosis ; Begin at the beginning ; What's the story? ; What does the story mean? ; Help me help you ; It's just common sense
- How to get to the right diagnosis. The 8 pillars to better diagnosis ; Prescriptions for patients ; Cookbook outcomes, revisited
- Prescription for reform. Diagnosis, multiplied ; Countering the skeptics
- Appendix 1. Prescriptions for healthcare providers
- Appendix 2. 21 exercises toward better diagnosis
- Appendix 3. Worksheets toward your diagnosis
- Appendix 4. 911 glossary of key terms.
