Trial By Error: Springer Nature Removes Description of “Fatigue” Patients as “Combative” and “Reproachful”

By David Tuller, DrPH A month after publishing a German-language article about chronic fatigue syndrome as part of a larger project, Springer Nature has removed a passage portraying “some patients with fatigue” as being “combative and reproachful toward health care providers,” engaging in “dysfunctional illness behavior,” and exhibiting “a hypochondriacal disorder.” [All translations from German have […]