Drawing on extensive interviews with some of the country's best doctors and Groopman's own experiences as a doctor and as a patient, How Doctors Think reveals an important approach to twenty-first-century medical practice, giving doctors and patients a way to make better judgments together.

In this revolutionary book, Jerome Groopman pinpoints the forces and thought processes behind the decisions doctors make, offering direct, intelligent questions patients can ask their doctors to help them get back on track. Often, decisions made this way are correct, but at crucial moments they can also be wrong-with catastrophic consequences. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. This book describes the warning signs of flawed medical thinking and offers intelligent questions patients can ask.īook Synopsis A groundbreaking, profound view of twenty-first-century medical practice, giving doctors and patients the vital information they need to make better judgments together. Levitt and Stephen J.About the Book A 'New Yorker' staff writer, bestselling author, and professor at Harvard Medical School unravels the mystery of how doctors figure out the best treatments-or fail to do so. “Groopman has written a unique, important and wonderful book…You’ll never look at your own doctor in the same way again.” - Steven D. “Splendid and courageous…Groopman lifts the veil on the most taboo topic…the pervasive nature of misdiagnosis.” - Ron Chernow, author of ALEXANDER HAMILTON, TITAN, and THE HOUSE OF MORGAN 'A highly pleasurable must-read.' Kirkus Reviews, StarredĮvery reflective doctor will learn from this book.every prospective patient will find thoughtful advice for communicating successfully Publishers Weekly, StarredĪ book to restore faith in an often-resented profession, well enough written to warrant its quarter-million first printing.Ī cogent analysis of all the wrong ways his fellow practitioners are trained to appraoch the patients they treat.Ī sage, humane prescription for medical practitioners and the people who depend of them. Jerome Groopman is bringing out his most essential book yet, HOW DOCTORS THINK.' Boston Phoenix

How doctors think by jerome groopman md