When Doctors Don't Listen : : how to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests
Book - 2013 None on shelf No requests on this item
Sign in to request
AADL has no copies of this item
How we got here. From shamans to black boxes ; Do as I say, do as I do -- Cookbook medicine : live from the ER. The car mechanic with the pulled muscle ; The mother of two who had trouble breathing ; The college student with a bad headache ; The woman who fainted at the sight of a sandwich -- The 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.
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.
REVIEWS & SUMMARIES
Library Journal ReviewBooklist Review
Publishers Weekly Review
Summary / Annotation
Fiction Profile
Excerpt
Author Notes
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
No community reviews. Write one below!
PUBLISHED
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: xiv, 334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780312594916
0312594917
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Kosowsky, Joshua M.
SUBJECTS
Physician and patient.
Communication in medicine.
Diagnostic errors -- Prevention.