MixedNuts comments on The Rosenhan Experiment - Less Wrong
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First link: Patients were psychiatric nurses, faking specific illnesses during their whole stay. (Rosenhan had various people faking atypical symptoms until admission.) Doctors believing them aren't to blame.
Agrees with my experience. A computer for patients and access to Crazy Meds help, but I don't know an easy fix for less geeky patients.
Second link: That's a pretty good test. However, the doctors were shown patients who had been treated and were doing well. It's harder to diagnose short-sightedness if your patient is wearing contact lenses.
So neither of these tests are nearly as stringent as Rosenhan's.