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When doctors don't listen : how to avoid misdiagnoses and unnecessary tests / Leana Wen and Joshua Kosowsky.

Wen, Leana, 1983- (Author). Kosowsky, Joshua M. (Added Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780312594916
  • ISBN: 0312594917
  • Physical Description: xiv, 334 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
How we got here. From shamans to black boxes ; Do as I say, do as I do -- Cookbook medicine : live from the ER. Car mechanic with the pulled muscle ; Mother of two who had trouble breathing ; College student with a bad headache ; Woman who fainted at the sight of a sandwich -- 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.
Subject:
Physician and patient.
Communication in medicine.
Diagnostic errors > Prevention.

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50500. ‡tHow we got here. ‡tFrom shamans to black boxes ; ‡tDo as I say, do as I do -- ‡tCookbook medicine : live from the ER. ‡tCar mechanic with the pulled muscle ; ‡tMother of two who had trouble breathing ; ‡tCollege student with a bad headache ; ‡tWoman who fainted at the sight of a sandwich -- ‡tBuilding blocks to avoid misdiagnosis. ‡tA crash course on diagnosis ; ‡tBegin at the beginning ; ‡tWhat's the story? ; ‡tWhat does the story mean? ; ‡tHelp me help you ; ‡tIt's just common sense -- ‡tHow to get to the right diagnosis. ‡tThe 8 pillars to better diagnosis ; ‡tPrescriptions for patients ; ‡tCookbook outcomes, revisited -- ‡tPrescription for reform. ‡tDiagnosis, multiplied ; ‡tCountering the skeptics -- ‡gAppendix 1. ‡tPrescriptions for healthcare providers -- ‡gAppendix 2. ‡t21 exercises toward better diagnosis -- ‡gAppendix 3. ‡tWorksheets toward your diagnosis -- ‡gAppendix 4. ‡t911 glossary of key terms.
520 . ‡aDiscusses 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. ‡aPhysician and patient. ‡0(CARDINAL)249431
650 0. ‡aCommunication in medicine. ‡0(CARDINAL)234485
650 0. ‡aDiagnostic errors ‡xPrevention.
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