How doctors think / Jerome Groopman.
Groopman, Jerome E.
2008
R723.5 .G75 2008eb
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Title
How doctors think / Jerome Groopman.
Author
Groopman, Jerome E.
Edition
1st Mariner books ed.
ISBN
9780547348636 (electronic book)
0547348630 (electronic book)
9781299881181 (electronic book)
1299881181 (electronic book)
9780547053646
0547053649
9780618610037
0618610030
Publication Details
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
R723.5 .G75 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
610
Summary
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.
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"A Mariner book."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction
1. Flesh-and-blood decision making
2. Lessons from the heart
3. Spinning plates
4. Gatekeepers
5. A new mother's challenge
6. The uncertainty of the expert
7. Surgery and satisfaction
8. The eye of the beholder
9. Marketing, money, and medical decisions
10. In service of the soul
Epilogue : A patient's questions
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index.

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