Surgeons Have an Implicit Preference for Specific Disease Over Nonspecific Illness.
Madison TerzoDayal RajagopalanMarielle NguoeDavid C RingSina RamtinPublished in: Clinical orthopaedics and related research (2023)
Patients and clinicians might limit overtesting, overdiagnosis, and overtreatment by anticipating an implicit preference for a specific disease and intentionally anchoring on nonspecific illness until a specific pathophysiology accounting for symptoms is identified, and also by using nonspecific illness descriptions until objective, verifiable pathophysiology is identified.