The Wall Street Journal reported that doctors misdiagnose patients 37% of the time, due to errors in history taking and ordering the wrong test. Johns Hopkins Hospital doctors report that the misdiagnosis rate is 40%-80% for patients with chronic pain and headaches, depending on the type of illness. The average doctor spends 11 minutes with a patient, and talks for 7 of the 11 minutes. This book provides the reader with methods to take a more comprehensive and accurate history, using the "www.DiagnoseMyPains.com" website, which gives diagnoses with a 96% correlation with those of Johns Hopkins Hospital doctors. Then, based on an accurate diagnosis, the book explains how to select the proper testing to confirm the diagnosis, and recommended treatments. The book is designed to help the reader understand how to think about a medical problem, not what to think.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781036444921
Publisert
2025-05-30
Utgiver
Cambridge Scholars Publishing; Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Høyde
212 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
377

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Nelson Hendler is a graduate of Princeton University, USA. He received an MD and an MS in neurophysiology from the University of Maryland, USA, and his residency training in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr Hendler was Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA, for 31 years. He has published four books, 34 textbook chapters, and 76 articles. He was president of the American Academy of Pain Management. He has testified before the US Senate three times on medical issues. He has testified in 300 depositions and 75 trials in 12 states. He has lectured in 11 countries at 63 medical schools and hospitals, and for 10 state trial lawyer associations. He ran the Mensana Clinic for 29 years, listed in Business Week as one of the 8 best pain clinics in the United States. It had 75% of its patients come from 47 states and 8 foreign countries.