The Formulation of Diagnosis and Treatment

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A THOUGHTFUL person confronted by a sick man might ask, sensibly, "What is wrong with him? How did he get this way? What should, or can, be done about his problems? How shall we go about it? What is likely to result?" But once these simple questions have been labeled as diagnosis, treatment and prognosis, major changes seem to occur. Both physicians and patients seem to believe that every illness must have a name even though most of these names have been determined by outworn tradition.Some diagnostic labels refer to cause – for example, salmonellosis; others are solely anatomic, . . .

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