How doctors think / Jerome Groopman.

  • Groopman, Jerome E.
Date:
2007
  • Books

About this work

Description

A physician discusses the thought patterns and actions that lead to misdiagnosis on the part of healthcare providers, and suggests methods that patients can use to help doctors assess conditions more accurately.

Publication/Creation

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.

Physical description

307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contents

Flesh-and-blood decision making -- Lessons from the heart -- Spinning plates -- Gatekeepers -- A new mother's challenge -- The uncertainty of the expert -- Surgery and satisfaction -- The eye of the beholder -- Marketing, money, and medical decisions -- In service of the soul -- Epilogue : a patient's questions.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    W84.1 2007G87h
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780618610037
  • 0618610030