For every suspense novel that shocks and awes readers, there are real life stories that make those fictions seem tame and predictable. It's the true crime junkies' world-we're all just living in it.īut why do we hunger so powerfully for these stories? Why are we willing to commit hours of our lives to them, whether they appear on the page or on the screen? When it comes to literary true crime, these stories grip us unlike any other genre. From podcasts to television shows to movies and conventions, it's practically in the air we breathe. |a Physician and patient |z United States |0 |v Anecdotes. |a Diagnosis |0 |z United States |0 |v Anecdotes. Sanders shows how making the right diagnosis requires expertise, painstaking procedure, and sometimes a little luck."- |c Provided by publisher. In each of these cases, the path to diagnosis and treatment is winding, sometimes frustratingly unclear. But the symptoms don't follow a common medical script. These stories begin in a familiar place-a sudden fever, a bout of nausea, a fit of exhaustion. And yet the fascinating case studies from her 'Diagnosis' column have nearly stumped even her. Lisa Sanders has encountered all of the most common symptoms. |a "A collection of more than fifty hard-to-crack medical quandaries, featuring the best of The New York Times Magazine's popular 'Diagnosis' column. |a Burning with fever - A pain in my belly - My aching head - I can't breathe - All in your head - Out cold - Strange rash - So weak. |a Diagnosis : |b solving the most baffling medical mysteries / |c Lisa Sanders, M.D.
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