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Family Practice 2008 25(1):1-2; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmn014
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Editorial

Do GPs report diagnostic errors?

Olga Kostopoulou

Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; Email: o.kostopoulou@bham.ac.uk

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Diagnosis is the most important function of a general practitioner (GP). Management decisions, including referrals, are based on diagnosis.1 Missing serious conditions such as cancers can have devastating consequences for patients. It can also have serious adverse consequences for the doctor in terms of trust, self-confidence and litigation. Indeed, most medico-legal claims against GPs are about delay in diagnosis or misdiagnosis (63–66%).2,3 GPs do not perform high-risk, invasive procedures and do not prescribe medications with potentially very serious adverse effects. Treatment errors are therefore unlikely . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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