English Dictionary

diagnostic overshadowing

noun

The mistaken attribution of signs and symptoms of a medical condition to a pre-existing known condition.

Diagnostic overshadowing is a phenomenon where a person's mental health condition is overlooked or misdiagnosed due to the presence of another condition.

意味（1）

The mistaken attribution of signs and symptoms of a medical condition to a pre-existing known condition.

Clearly the consequences of diagnostic overshadowing could be potentially fatal for some people with learning disabilities as their true unerlying health need will not be identified and treated.