Source
Emeritus Professor Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
In recent years patients have become more involved in the impact, description, diagnosis, and management of their own disease.
OBJECTIVE:
This article will briefly record the personal observations of John Updike, a highly regarded, perceptive twentieth-century American writer, on how moderately severe psoriasis has affected his life and also his thoughts about his disease and its treatment.
CONCLUSION:
Updike's description of his psoriasis gives a valid insight into a patient's view of psoriasis.