Displaying 1 of 1 2009 Format: Book Author: Sanders, Lisa, 1956- Title: Every patient tells a story : medical mysteries and the art of diagnosis / Lisa Sanders. Publisher, Date: New York : Broadway Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., [2009] ©2009 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. Subjects: Diagnosis -- Popular works. Diagnosis, Differential. Diagnostic errors. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Web Site: Sample text Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2008041478 ISBN: 9780767922470 0767922476 9780767922463 0767922468 Other Number: 257555812 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 246758 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 616.075 Sanders Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
