In their new book, When Doctors Don’t Listen, Brigham and Women’s Hospital emergency room physicians Leana Wen and Joshua Kosowsky reveal that doctors often tune out a patient’s story when seeking a diagnosis. These doctors only clue in on specific symptoms, and they tend to then over-test and over-treat. The authors of the new book
In their new book, When Doctors Don’t Listen, Brigham and Women’s Hospital emergency room physicians Leana Wen and Joshua Kosowsky reveal that doctors often tune out a patient’s story when seeking a diagnosis. These doctors only clue in on specific symptoms, and they tend to then over-test and over-treat. The authors of the new book share several tips on how you can get your doctor to be a better listener.
The Boston Globe, 1/28/2013
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