When Doctors Don't Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests
- ISBN-10
- 0312594917
- ISBN-13
- 9780312594916
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-01-15
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Authors
- Dr. Leana Wen, Dr. Joshua Kosowsky
Description
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.
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- 2013-01-15
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- 2014-06-24
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