My Doctor Thought He Heard a Zebra In the Hoof Beats, And He Was Right. He’s Also Helped Me to Understand that All of Us Must Start Diagnosing Our Doctors’ Thinking Skills Even As They Are Diagnosing Our Ailments
The other day, a new doctor in my life—an otolaryngologist and a ENT man—told me, “You are the zebra.” He was defending the decision of my regular physician, a G.P., who had sent me to see the specialist.
I knew what he meant. You’ve probably heard this saying, too: “When you hear hoof beats, don’t think [...]
