Diagnoses Without Names
Diagnoses Without Names: Challenges for Medical Care, Research, and Policy
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031049349 | 411 Pages | PDF EPUB | 7 MB
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031049349 | 411 Pages | PDF EPUB | 7 MB
Doctors, patients, investigators, administrators, and policymakers who assign diagnoses assume three elements: the name describes an entity with conceptual or evidentiary boundaries, the person setting the name has a high degree of certainty, and the name has a consensus definition. This book challenges this practice and offers an alternative to assigning diagnoses: quantitating diagnostic uncertainty in personal and public medical plans.