Diagnostic Process

Diagnosis is a process that involves collecting data about one’s illness (collate their symptoms) and determine their anatomic, physiologic and/or psychosocial derangement (usually called disease) through clinical reasoning in order to direct a clinician toward offering specific treatments (Reed, 1992; Balogh et al, 2015). Systems of Clinical Reasoning in the Diagnostic Process: There are two main systems of clinical reasoning used in diagnosis (Balogh et … Continue reading Diagnostic Process