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Patients' Preferences Matter: Stop the Silent Misdiagnosis

Posted on May 29, 2012 by
Many doctors aspire to excellence in diagnosing disease. Far fewer, unfortunately, aspire to the same standards of excellence in diagnosing what patients want. In fact, we will present an accumulation of evidence which shows that preference misdiagnoses are commonplace. In part, this is because doctors are rarely made aware that they have made a preference misdiagnosis. It is the silent misdiagnosis. Continue reading →
Posted in Health Care Policy, Patient Preferences | Tagged Albert Mulley, disease diagnosis, Glyn Elwyn, health care, misdiagnosis, NHS, practice variation, shared decision making, The Kings Fund | Permalink