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Medical mystery: alcoholism didn’t cause man’s diabetes and cirrhosis.

November 28, 2016

Boodman SG. Washington Post. June 13, 2011:E1.

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This newspaper article reveals how biases and lack of trust in the patient/family perspective may contribute to diagnostic error.

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