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Author Groopman, Jerome E.

Title How doctors think / Jerome Groopman.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  610 GROOPMAN    Missing
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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  610 GRO    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  610 G899    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  610 GROOPMAN, JEROME    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  610 GRO    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  610 G    Check Shelf
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 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  610 GRO    Check Shelf
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Description 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (P. 274 - 291) and index.
Contents 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.
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.
Subject Medicine -- Decision making.
Medical logic.
Physicians -- Psychology.
Decision Making.
Logic.
Clinical Medicine -- methods.
Diagnosis.
Judgment.
Physicians -- psychology.
ISBN 9780618610037
0618610030
9780547053646 (paperback)
0547053649 (paperback)
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