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The ’18 Second Rule': why your doctor missed your heart disease diagnosis
Specialization in medicine confers a false sense of certainty that can make it tempting for doctors to interrupt patients as they're describing their symptoms.
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Misdiagnosis: the perils of “unwarranted certainty”
Dr. Jerome Groopman, in his must-read book called "How Doctors Think", writes: "Physicians, like everyone else, display certain psychological characteristics when they act in the face of uncertainty....
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When you know more than your doctors about your diagnosis
After patients took comprehensive training courses about their medical diagnosis, they emerged with greater condition-specific knowledge than many of the health care professionals they encountered. But...
View ArticleSignals, noise, context – and your doctor’s brain
Professor of Emergency Medicine Dr. Pat Croskerry teaches physicians critical thinking skills: "When doctors diagnose a patient, they're susceptible to unconscious emotions, personal bias, and...
View Article“The doctors want my symptoms but not my stories”
80% of medical diagnoses can be made just by listening, says Dr. Leana Wen. The symptoms are in the story...
View ArticleWomen’s heart attacks (still!) more likely misdiagnosed than men’s
One study came out in 2008, the other just last week. Both came to the same dire conclusion about women's cardiac misdiagnosis. In between, researchers continue to confirm findings.
View ArticleDiagnostic Uncertainty vs. Unwarranted Certainty: which is worse for patients?
Saying "I don't know" is NOT the same as saying "I don't care!"
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