Artiss Symposium 2016: Understanding the Patients’ Experiences: Beyond the Diagnostic Labels

Why choose a topic that focuses on beyond the diagnosis? Why do people respond differently to a diagnosis? We want to ask that question. Why is an algorithmic approach not efficacious for all? Why is non-compliance so readily observed in our patients, and what do we do with it? We hope by the end of this seminar that all of us will know why a diagnosis by itself is not sufficient because we need to look beyond the diagnosis. We want to go beyond what the obvious looks like in terms of trying to understand another person. How do we make an effective intervention with complex patients that both the patient and other clinicians understand? The answer to that question is a major goal of the Artiss 2016 Symposium.