Although the rates of some diagnostic errors have shrunk over the past few decades, the categories of missed diagnoses remain consistent; cardiovascular diseases, cancers and infectious diseases experience the highest rates of misdiagnosis. A diagnosis of a medical...
Month: August 2014
Key questions California residents need to ask doctors
Even though most doctors may not actually lie to their patients, some of them may not always be completely straightforward about issues that could be damaging to their patients' health. Among the most commonly avoided topics, according to a diagnostic radiologist, are...
