Author’s Note

ix

Introduction

Every Patient’s Nightmare

xi

PART ONE

EVERY PATIENT JELLS A STORY

1

The Facts, and What Lies Beyond

3

2

The Stories they Tell

22

PART TWO

HIGH TOUCH

3

A Vanishing Art

39

4

What Only the Exam can Show

53

5

Seeing is Believing

77

6

The Healing Touch

109

7

The Heart of the Matter

129

PART THREE

HIGH TECH

8

Testing Troubles

167

PART FOUR

LIMITS OF THE MEDICAL MIND

9

Sick Thinking

193

10

Digital Diagnosis

216

Afterword

The Final Diagnosis

239

Acknowledgments

253

Notes

257

Index

271