ملاذ كمال’s Reviews > Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis > Status Update

"Yes, doctors are human beings and, thus, are prone to biases, distortions of perspective, and blind spots. But doctors have the capacity to learn from their mistakes, overcome built-in biases, and guard against the kinds of thinking errors that in other professions might only be an annoyance."

"And so while Carol Ann had a good story for Lyme disease, her physical exam wasn’t consistent with that disease, her testing wasn’t consistent with that disease, and the treatment didn’t help her.

“Seeing all this, I don’t understand how anyone could argue that Lyme disease is what was causing her all that pain,” Dr. Bockenstedt concludes."