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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 11/2016

01-11-2016 | Clinical Practice: Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

Empathy as a Diagnostic Tool in a 33-Year-Old Man with Eye Pain and Vision Loss: Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

Authors: Reaford Blackburn Jr., M.D., Carlos A. Estrada, M.D., M.S., David McCollum, M.D.

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 11/2016

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In this series, a clinician extemporaneously discusses the diagnostic approach (regular text) to sequentially presented clinical information (bold). Additional commentary on the diagnostic reasoning process (italics) is integrated throughout the discussion. …
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Metadata
Title
Empathy as a Diagnostic Tool in a 33-Year-Old Man with Eye Pain and Vision Loss: Exercises in Clinical Reasoning
Authors
Reaford Blackburn Jr., M.D.
Carlos A. Estrada, M.D., M.S.
David McCollum, M.D.
Publication date
01-11-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 11/2016
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-016-3797-9

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