The physician as a pathogen

Journal of Medical Humanities 17 (1):45-50 (1996)
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Abstract

Despite the impressive technological advances in medicine many people feel worse rather than better after entering the medical care system. This article considers the pathogenic effect of physicians, in particular the problems of: 1) noxious communication, and 2) excessive evaluation and overinterpretation of test results

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Literature and medicine.R. S. Downie - 1991 - Journal of Medical Ethics 17 (2):93-98.

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