Back when I was looking for a surgeon to do the 2-level fusion I was sure I needed, Doctor 90% required an MMPI before surgery. (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory)
Results are paraphrased:
Patient may be amplifying pain in order to generate attention.....
or.....
patient may be experiencing severe, chronic pain.
Well, thanks a lot for the definitive results! This is like a rorschach test for the doctor... he can see whatever he wants to see.
Wouldn't it be great if medicine was a science?
Mark
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