A Case of Non-Nondisease
Abstract
Abstract Before instituting any sort of therapy, a physician must be absolutely certain that the diagnosis is correct. This statement, although patently obvious, is unfortunately not always adhered to in actual practice. Incorrect therapy from any of a variety of causes, when initiated by the physician, can ignite the flame of an iatrogenic disaster. In those "halcyon" days of yesteryear, iatrogenic errors were often not of the same clinical significance, partly because there were...