| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxvii, 276 pages ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Every patient's nightmare -- Every Patient Tells a Story -- The facts, and what lies beyond -- The stories they tell -- High Touch -- A vanishing art -- What only the exam can show -- Seeing is believing -- The healing touch -- The heart of the matter -- High Tech -- Testing troubles -- Limits of the Medical Mind -- Sick thinking -- Digital diagnosis -- The final diagnosis. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Diagnosis -- Popular works.
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Diagnosis, Differential -- Popular Works.
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Diagnostic Errors -- Popular Works.
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| ISBN |
9780767922463 |
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0767922468 |
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