Saturday, September 7, 2013

Thinking They Are Ill With The Disease They Are Studying: Medical Students' Disease

When Med Students Get Medical Students by Barron H. Lerner.  The New York Times.  September 5, 2013.

(1)  "Medical students disease" refers to the phenomenon when medical students notice something innocuous and about their health and _____________________.

(2)  A study from the mid-1960's reported that _________ percent of medical students complained of symptoms of disease they had studied.

(3)  Another study from that same period that medical students disease could be a "signal of ________________________.

(4)  True or False:  According to an oxford University study medical students had similar "health anxiety scores to non-medical students and non-students.

(5)  True or False:  The author believes that it is probably wrong to speak of a distinctive entity known as medical students' disease.

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