Our diagnostic errors

If the cause of our problems is the responsibility of others, there may be no way to improve our situation as we can not change the actions of others.

It is of stressful dramas sloppy administration of medical tests.

When a doctor informs the patient that the disease that afflicted him was cured, he has regained his lost health, you can stop worrying, everyone gets very happy and rightly so.

When a doctor tells his patient to confirm the fears of a disease that will require a long healing process, which must undergo expensive treatment and very annoying, all minds are shaded, psychological distress grows, many people suffer from anxiety .

If the analysis were well made and never lost the identity of the analyte, the good and the bad news reach the right people, but when the analysis is not well made or the identity of the analyte was changed, then who thought being healthy is sick and those who were distressed by the misdiagnosis probably rejoice diabolically by bad luck of the real owner of the sad result.

The consequences of these errors start being on an emotional level, but can be fatal when undertake further actions to misdiagnosis (precautions, timely treatment).

These examples are easy to understand and even accept, (if we are not involved), but other examples, infinitely more frequent, who neither understand nor accept that easily.

When those diagnosed are ourselves, the optimal distance shortage prevents us be objective and analyze the likely culprits of our problems are others (family, teachers, employers, governments).

If the cause of our problems is the responsibility of others, there may be no way to improve our situation as we can not change the actions of others.

Note: Original in Spanish (without translation by Google): Nuestros errores de diagnóstico.

(This is the Article No. 1.688)

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