Uncovering the Causes of Chronic Physical Symptoms that do not have a Medical Diagnosis

Clifton K. Meador, M.D. In the early 1960s, I was in private practice with a Dr. Doherty. He became ill and I covered his practice for several months until he recovered. I soon noticed that nearly half of his patients carried diagnoses of diseases they did not have – in other words false diagnoses. I thought it just a quirk of an old physician; however, when I moved into full time academics and began to see referrals from all over the state I found false diagnoses to be quite common. In fact, many patients with false diagnoses did not have …CONTINUE READING HERE: Uncovering the Causes of Chronic Physical Symptoms that do not have a Medical Diagnosis