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How Doctors Think | 
 enlarge | Author: Jerome Groopman
Publisher: Mariner Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  145 reviews
Sales Rank: 599
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 1
ISBN: 0547053649
Dewey Decimal Number: 610
EAN: 9780547053646
ASIN: 0547053649
Publication Date: March 12, 2008
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Product Description
How Doctors Think is a window into the mind of the physician and an insightful examination of the all-important relationship between doctors and their patients. In this myth-shattering work, Jerome Groopman explores the forces and thought processes behind the decisions doctors make. He pinpints why doctors succeed and why they err. Most important, Groopman shows when and how doctors can -- with our help -- avoid snap judgments, embrace uncertainty, communicate effectively, and deploy other skills that can profoundly impact our health.
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 Great shape, great service! May 9, 2008
The book I ordered came promptly, was packaged well, and was in pristine condition. I was very pleased.
 How Doctors Think May 8, 2008
I had checked out a copy from the library. A friend who had recently had to deal with her parent's illnesses started reading it and couldn't stop. So I bought a copy for her. It is worth having on hand as it has many ideas about dealing with doctors and knowing when to support, question, review or seek other ideas. Some of their thinking reflects the training of medical school and it is helpful to know why certain patterns of thinking are so prevalent.
I also appreciated the chapters on reading xrays, tests, etc. and how much that can vary from expert to expert or time to time. It makes me realize that if I don't put effort into my doctor's analysis, I may well get an inaccurate one.
 How Doctors Think May 6, 2008
Groopman brings a refreshing account concerning the cognition abilities of physicians and its residual affects upon their patient interactions. He conveys that physicians inadvertently rely upon their initial professional socialization processes while in medical school by learning different matrices in determining diagnoses. That this mindset is ingrained with some physicians does reflect negatively on patients with deleterious effects. Especially, as these physicians becomes more entrenched in the course of their medical careers, in terms of his/her professional demeanor and acumen. That external forces also influence these purportly medically derived diagnoses: indifference, reimbursement, and conflict of interest. He infers that reluctancy exists among some physicians in delving into the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis for their patients. This grays the physician-patient relationship that the latter believes about the former.
Chapter nine really illustrates the effect of the pharmaceutical industry upon physicians. Groopman states that there is a definite need for pharmaceutical research in exploring effective medications, but delineates that ethical standards are circumvented. He places the reader's perspective into the mindset of physicians by illustrating their practical terminology and analysis matrices. This is an excellent read for researchers, physicians, medical ethicists, social scientists and students to gain further insight into the cognitive reasoning by physicians as they conduct formulate and conclude medical diagnoses.
Interesting May 5, 2008
Interesting and insightful look behind the scenes when you have a potentially very serious medical condition
Interesting read April 30, 2008
As a family doctor, I felt compelled to read this text. It was more like a compliation of ideas and stories and life experiences, which was not what I expected. It did not have any novel ideas, but was worth reading.
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