Improving Diagnosis in Health Care

by Board on Health Care Services, Committee on Diagnostic Error in Health Care, The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, et al.

Book Overview

Getting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of health care - it provides an explanation of a patient's health problem and informs subsequent health care decisions. The diagnostic process is a complex, collaborative activity that involves clinical reasoning and information gathering to determine a patient's health problem. According to Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, diagnostic errors-inaccurate or delayed diagnoses-persist throughout all settings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309377692
• ISBN13: 9780309377690
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"