Incomplete assessment results in multiple surgeries and arthritis

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Incomplete assessment results in multiple surgeries and arthritis

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Shahtahmasebi
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A woman had to have three surgeries, and was left with arthritis, after her thumb was not x-rayed soon after injury. Image: Oliver Cole/Unsplash
“She said she told the nurse at the time, but the doctor didn’t ask her more about it.” A doctor’s failure to obtain an adequate patient history