Every Patient Tells a Story
Publisher: Broadway
Published: August 11, 2009
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780767922463
Subjects: Health, Mind & Body; Professional & Technical
Description: 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.