Items Tagged ‘The American Journal of Medicine’
April 29, 2012
Misdiagnosis: Millions of Patients Are Being Treated For the Wrong Conditions
We read and hear a lot of headlines about health-care reform and related costs and hurdles. What we hear a lot less of, though, is misdiagnosis and why correcting the situation should be made a priority. Despite our “latest and greatest” technologies, 15 percent of all medical cases in developed countries are misdiagnosed, according to […]
Tags: Journal of Clinical Oncology, misdiagnosis, The American Journal of Medicine