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When doctors don't listen : how to avoid misdiagnoses and unnecessary tests

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: print
    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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  • 13 of 13 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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