My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer diagnosis. A doctor just told me I was misdiagnosed.
My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer diagnosis. A doctor just told me I was misdiagnosed. Henigson J. Washington Post. March 26, 2021.
Henigson J. Washington Post. March 26, 2021.
Misdiagnoses can persist due to heuristics, discontinuities, and implicit bias. This news story chronicles the experience of a patient misdiagnosed with a brain tumor. His condition was eventually discovered through communication with a physician whose experience with similar situations allowed the physician to identify the problem.