Each patient has his own story

Lisa Sanders, doctor, Columnist The New York Times Magazine, author of the Netflix series “Diagnosis” and consultant of the creators of the series “Doctor House”, tells about the most difficult in the work of any doctor - about making a true diagnosis.
A completely healthy young man Suddenly loses his memory - he cannot keep in his head even what happened only an hour ago. Two patients with Lyme disease are recovering after treatment with antibiotics, but all the symptoms are mysteriously returning. A young woman dies - a bleeding, confused consciousness, yellowed skin - and none of the doctors knows what is with her. The author and the doctor describes what is happening in the minds and souls of colleagues who are trying to allow a new professional puzzle - and save another life.
Never still had so many knowledge, methods, means to identify the disease. Nevertheless, errors happen: doctors make incorrect diagnoses, lose the view symptoms, incorrectly interpret the results of the tests. Lisa Sanders is sure: in the world of high technologies of knowledge and evidence is not enough to treat people. It proves that intuition, ingenuity and real courage are also necessary, argues that important not only indications of devices, but also the personal story of each patient