Despite recent advances in medical technology, diagnostic errors still occur at an alarming rate. Lisa Sanders, internist and author of a New York Times column that was the inspiration for the television show House, illuminates the complexities of making an accurate diagnosis, the "most difficult and most important component of what physicians do." Via dramatic real-life medical mysteries—a bleeding and jaundiced woman whose symptoms baffle all her doctors, an otherwise healthy young man who suddenly loses his memory, and more—Sanders reveals the mix of expertise and intuition that doctors employ, examining with each suspenseful story both the strengths and the pitfalls of modern medical practices. Every Patient Tells a Story is an intriguing and important read, both for those in the medical field and for those of us who rely on them: The wisdom imparted could be lifesaving!