Elinor Cleghorn became an unwell woman ten years ago. She was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after a long period of being told her symptoms were anything from psychosomatic to a possible pregnancy. As Elinor learned to live with...
Diagnostic errors
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Author:Cleghorn, ElinorSummary: - Author:Fay, SarahSummary:
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is considered the "bible" of psychiatry. Sarah Fay once believed the diagnoses she was given through this book until she discovered that the revered manual has...
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Author:Welch, H. GilbertSummary:Exposing the overdiagnosis of everything from high blood pressure to prostate and breast cancers, Dr. Welch traces the social, ethical, and economic ramifications of some of the worst excesses of American medical practice.
- Author:DyckFehderau, RuthSummary:
When Athena was a young girl in the 60s, she lost her hearing to a childhood fever but was misdiagnosed as "profoundly retarded" and institutionalized for thirty years. Now she's out of the institution, awkward and...
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Author:Catalan, SusannahSummary:2009. Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. Her medical records chronicled a month long hospital stay of which she had no memory at all. Neurologist Souhel...
