When disease resists diagnosis The Elusive Body Alexandra Sifferlin Viking, 2026. 320 pp.

Key Points

• The aim is to explore the challenges faced by patients and physicians when symptoms are difficult to explain.
• Analysis of case studies involving undiagnosable diseases
• Discussion of structural issues in healthcare
• Examination of patient-physician interactions
• Structural constraints hinder effective diagnoses
• Patients experience frustration and confusion due to unclear symptoms
• Physicians face difficulties in providing definitive diagnoses