‘Many doctors aspire to excellence in diagnosing disease. Far fewer, unfortunately, aspire to the same standards of excellence in diagnosing what patients want. In fact, we will present an accumulation of evidence which shows that preference misdiagnoses are commonplace. In part, this is because doctors are rarely made aware that they have made a preference misdiagnosis. It is the silent misdiagnosis. The NHS must break this silence. It must stop the silent misdiagnosis.’
This is the introduction to a very good paper that will ‘chime’ with many who face/ have faced treatment.
Patient’s Preferences Matter – Stop the silent misdiagnosis. Al Mulley, Chris Trimble, Glyn Elwyn. The King’s Fund