Every patient tells a story : medical mysteries and the art of diagnosis
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Every patient tells a story : medical mysteries and the art of diagnosis
AUTHOR:
Sanders, Lisa, 1956-
ISBN:
9780767922470
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Broadway Books, c2009
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xxvii, 276 p. ; 25 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-269) and index
ABSTRACT:
Presents an unflinching look inside the detective story that marks nearly every illness-the diagnosis-revealing the combination of uncertainty and intrigue that doctors face when confronting patients who are sick or dying--from the challenges of the physical exam to the pitfalls of doctor-to-doctor communication, the vagaries of tests, and the near calamity of diagnostic errors
SUBJECT:
| Diagnosis -- Popular works |
| Diagnosis, Differential -- Popular Works |
| Diagnostic Errors -- Popular Works |
BIBSUMMARY:
Presents an unflinching look inside the detective story that marks nearly every illness-the diagnosis-revealing the combination of uncertainty and intrigue that doctors face when confronting patients who are sick or dying--from the challenges of the physical exam to the pitfalls of doctor-to-doctor communication, the vagaries of tests, and the near calamity of diagnostic errors