A doctor gave me an inept diagnosis for a neurological problem. I should know: I’m a neurologist.
A doctor gave me an inept diagnosis for a neurological problem. I should know: I’m a neurologist. Horowitz SH. Washington Post. October 4, 2020.
Horowitz SH. Washington Post. October 4, 2020.
The harm of misdiagnosis can be extended by lack of clinician recognition and acceptance of the error when a patient raises concerns. This news story shares the experience of a physician-patient whose recognition of a diagnostic mistake was initially dismissed. The author defines the repeated lack of organizational willingness to resolve the situation as a normalized deviance in health care.