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Leana Wen
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January 27
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June 2012
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“Our central premise is that doctors are not listening to their patients, leading to misdiagnoses—and often, no diagnosis at all.”
― When Doctors Don't Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests
― When Doctors Don't Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests
“We advocate for a transformation in medicine by returning to the fundamental partnership between physician and patient. We teach you that working toward a diagnosis is the one simple concept that will revolutionize your healthcare. The”
― When Doctors Don't Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests
― When Doctors Don't Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests
“There was one part of my job, though, that was unsettling. As I proceeded in my training, I began to see that many patients I encountered were being steered onto set diagnostic pathways. Our teachers did it, expounding on “algorithms,” which were basically recipes that lumped patients into groups with similar symptoms. Our peers did it, noting how much faster it was to see patients not as Mrs. Smith, the chatty mother of four, or Father Cogliano, the Italian priest, but as their “chief complaints” of headache and abdominal pain.”
― When Doctors Don't Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests
― When Doctors Don't Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests
