A doctor gave me an inept diagnosis for a neurological problem. I should know: I’m a neurologist.

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A doctor gave me an inept diagnosis for a neurological problem. I should know: I’m a neurologist.

October 14, 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.

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