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Every patient tells a story
medical mysteries and the fine art of diagnosis
1st ed.
by Lisa Sanders
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This edition was published in 2009 by Broadway Books in New York.
Written in English
A riveting exploration of the most difficult and of import role of what doctors practise, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column "Diagnosis," the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, One thousand.D. "The experience of beingness ill tin can be like waking upward in a foreign land. Life, equally y'all formerly knew it, is on hold while you travel through this other world as unknown as information technology is unexpected. When I run into patients in the hospital or in my office who are of a sudden, surprisingly ill, what they really want to know is, 'What is wrong with me?' They want a route map that will help them manage their new surroundings. The ability to requite this unnerving and unfamiliar place a name, to know information technology--on some level--restores a measure of command, independent of whether or not that diagnosis comes fastened to a cure. Because, fifty-fifty today, a diagnosis is oft all a good doctor has to offer."A healthy immature homo suddenly loses his memory--making him unable to remember the events of each passing hour. Two patients diagnosed with Lyme illness meliorate later antibody handling--only to accept their symptoms mysteriously return. A young woman lies dying in the ICU--bleeding, jaundiced, incoherent--and none of her doctors know what is killing her. In Every Patient Tells a Story, Dr. Lisa Sanders takes us bedside to witness the process of solving these and other diagnostic dilemmas, providing a immediate account of the expertise and intuition that lead a doc to make the right diagnosis.Never in human history have doctors had the knowledge, the tools, and the skills that they have today to diagnose illness and affliction. And however mistakes are made, diagnoses missed, symptoms or tests misunderstood. In this loftier-tech world of modernistic medicine, Sanders shows us that noesis, while essential, is not sufficient to unravel the complexities of illness. She presents an unflinching look inside the detective story that marks most every affliction--the diagnosis--revealing the combination of doubtfulness and intrigue that doctors face up when confronting patients who are sick or dying. Through dramatic stories of patients with baffling symptoms, Sanders portrays the absolute necessity and surprising difficulties of getting the patient's story, the challenges of the physical examination, the pitfalls of doctor-to-doc communication, the vagaries of tests, and the near cataclysm of diagnostic errors. In Every Patient Tells a Story, Dr. Sanders chronicles the real-life drama of doctors solving these hard medical mysteries that not only illustrate the art and science of diagnosis, but often salve the patients' lives.From the Hardcover edition.
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medical mysteries and the fine art of diagnosis
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A riveting exploration of the most difficult and of import part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, writer of the monthly New York Times Magazine column "Diagnosis," the inspiration for the hitting Play a joke on Television set series House, K.D. "The experience of being ill can be like waking upward in a foreign state. Life, as you formerly knew it, is on hold while you travel through this other world every bit unknown as it is unexpected. When I see patients in the hospital or in my role who are suddenly, surprisingly ill, what they really want to know is, 'What is wrong with me?' They want a road map that will help them manage their new environment. The ability to give this unnerving and unfamiliar place a proper noun, to know information technology--on some level--restores a measure of control, independent of whether or not that diagnosis comes attached to a cure. Because, fifty-fifty today, a diagnosis is frequently all a good medico has to offer."A salubrious immature man suddenly loses his memory--making him unable to remember the events of each passing hr. 2 patients diagnosed with Lyme affliction meliorate subsequently antibiotic treatment--simply to take their symptoms mysteriously return. A young adult female lies dying in the ICU--bleeding, jaundiced, breathless--and none of her doctors know what is killing her. In Every Patient Tells a Story, Dr. Lisa Sanders takes the states bedside to witness the process of solving these and other diagnostic dilemmas, providing a immediate account of the expertise and intuition that lead a doctor to make the correct diagnosis.Never in man history have doctors had the knowledge, the tools, and the skills that they have today to diagnose illness and illness. And all the same mistakes are made, diagnoses missed, symptoms or tests misunderstood. In this high-tech world of mod medicine, Sanders shows us that cognition, while essential, is not sufficient to unravel the complexities of illness. She presents an unflinching await inside the detective story that marks almost every illness--the diagnosis--revealing the combination of dubiety and intrigue that doctors face when confronting patients who are sick or dying. Through dramatic stories of patients with baffling symptoms, Sanders portrays the absolute necessity and surprising difficulties of getting the patient's story, the challenges of the concrete exam, the pitfalls of doctor-to-doctor advice, the vagaries of tests, and the most calamity of diagnostic errors. In Every Patient Tells a Story, Dr. Sanders chronicles the real-life drama of doctors solving these difficult medical mysteries that not only illustrate the fine art and science of diagnosis, but often save the patients' lives.From the Hardcover edition.
Every patient tells a story
medical mysteries and the art of diagnosis
1st ed.
This edition was published in 2009 by Broadway Books in New York.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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