This case report has spent a long time in review because it has been a challenge to strike a balance in the conclusions between acknowledging the risk of a particular model of health care and how that risk compares with other models. The authors have worked hard to focus the report on the particular case […]
Month: December 2010
Ineffective chronic illness behaviour in a patient with long-term non-psychotic psychiatric illness
The authors of this case report, “Ineffective chronic illness behaviour,” illustrate how difficulties in treatment interactions need analysis beyond the patient’s presumed diagnosis or disorder – especially when patients’ behaviour during treatment is unusual or unexpected related to the primary symptoms. The authors describe their patient’s behaviour as “a form of ineffective chronic illness behaviour […]
Case Reports in the era of Evidence-Based Medicine
Had a debate at the recent Warwick Medical School Journal Club workshop on case reports. “This house believes that case reports are a waste of time in the era of evidence-based medicine.” The students from medical schools over the UK came up with many of the arguments for and against the motion. for the motion […]