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When Patients Are Not Believed: Diagnostic Delay and the Limits of American Tort Law

In 2018, twenty-four-year-old Hannah Catton had symptoms of bloating, extreme abdominal pain, multiple urinary tract infections, significant fatigue, and irregular menstrual cycles. For three years, she went to numerous physicians across Australia and the United Kingdom. Every doctor sent her away, claiming the symptoms were due to stress or hormonal changes. After years of terrible and worsening pain, an ovarian tumor the size of a volleyball was discovered that needed immediate surgery. Catton felt she “knew something was wrong” way before any doctor was ready to believe her.

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