On the one hand, the doctor does not want to overlook a treatable disease. On the other hand, he or she does not want to continue ordering tests and treatments if the symptoms are faked
Yes, they do!
Jason R. Bacchiochi has written: 'Development and validation of the malingering discriminant function index (M-DFI) for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 2 (MMPI-2)' -- subject(s): Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Malingering, Diagnosis
Malingering public servants who never do any work anyway
Charles E. Simon has written: 'A manual of clinical diagnosis by means of microscopical and chemical methods, for students, hospital physicians, and practitioners' -- subject(s): Diagnosis 'A manual of clinical diagnosis by means of microscopic and chemical methods, for students, hospital physicians, and practitioners' -- subject(s): Diagnosis
Malingering
"Malingering" was the enslaving owner's term for a Black person who they believed was faking illness. Plantation physicians often recommended treatments of "veiled medical violence" to jolt the person out of fakery and back to work. The majority of doctors and plantation owners never considered that the deplorable conditions of enslavement actually contributed to, or caused genuine illnesses. Laziness was always the reason for "malingering' in their estimation--at least until the person fell dead. This is not to say that the enslaved did not use "malingering" at times to gain time to plan an escape. (See pages 30-31 in Harriet A. Washington's, "Medical Apartheid-The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present" for details).
Malingering is difficult to distinguish from certain legitimate personality disorders, such as factitious diseases or post-traumatic distress syndrome
A. Bassett Jones has written: 'Malingering or the simulation of disease' -- subject(s): Medical jurisprudence, Malingering
A person who runs lab tests to help physicians in diagnosis is called a medical laboratory technician or a medical laboratory scientist. They perform various tests on patient samples, analyze the results, and assist in providing valuable information for diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
J. E Fournier has written: 'The detection of auditory malingering' -- subject(s): Examinations, Malingering, Hearing
a person qualified to practice medicine, especially one who specializes in diagnosis and medical treatment as distinct from surgery.
John Herr Musser has written: 'Notes on thirteen cases of tubercular meningitis' -- subject(s): Meninges, Tuberculosis 'Tuberculous ulcer of the stomach' -- subject(s): Stomach, Ulcers 'A practical treatise on medical diagnosis for students and physicians' -- subject(s): Diagnosis 'A practical treatise on medical diagnosis for students and physicians' -- subject(s): Diagnosis 'A handbook of practical treatment' -- subject(s): Medicine, Practice, Therapeutics