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