Bibliograph

Difficult patient, a nurse, misdiagnosed and left in agony for fifteen years : what she learned about the medical system, Sue Currie

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Difficult patient, a nurse, misdiagnosed and left in agony for fifteen years : what she learned about the medical system, Sue Currie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-425)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Difficult patient

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Sue Currie

Sub title

a nurse, misdiagnosed and left in agony for fifteen years : what she learned about the medical system

Summary

Sue Currie was admitted to hospital, in agony, hundreds of times, but when her disease was assessed as not serious enough to be causing that level of pain, she was labelled as mentally ill and manipulative, a drug addict shopping for painkillers. Eventually, after years of fighting and irreversible damage to her body and mind, she found the medical maverick who would save her life. Sue Currie suffers from a strain of porphyria so rare that she was only the 18th known case in the world. Difficult Patient is a timely account of falling through the cracks of the medical system, detailing cover-ups, powers plays, and ultimately, redemption

Target audience

adult

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Difficult patien+

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