How Doctors Think
by: Jerome Groopman
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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.
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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- Without risking failure there is zero chance of success
When Dr. Jerome Groopman began his medical internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, he placed a high priority on facts. While in medical school he had tirelessly tried to "store an encyclopedia in [his] mind" as so that when faced with patients, he could "open the mental book and find the correct diagnosis and treatment." Thirty years later he saw students and residents relying on statistics, algorithms, "evidence-based" guidelines -- tools he feared would shackle their cognitive ... Read More
Rating: - A Patient and Doctor MUST READ
Dr. Groopman really delves into how doctors come to certain conclusions about a patient's diagnosis.He reviews various case studies and interviews various doctors to clearly drive the message that doctors need to think differently and patients need to ask questions that will enable doctors to think differently.He also mentions some questions that patients can ask to get a doctor to channel his or her thinking elsewhere. I highly recommend both patients and doctors read this book.
This ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent for doctors and patients
As an MD and ocxcasional patient, I think this book is a must for all of us. I gave it out as a present to my MD friends, to my private physician and to a cousin who is a very knowledgeable RN. This book is written with modesty, humor and empathy, things which some of us lack. I am not sure that all lay people will get the gist of it, but I recommend it highly.
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- Learning to Think Straight
When we're sick, we want to believe the doctor knows best.With authority and confidence, they assess our symptoms and assign a course of treatment, and we go along, perhaps anxiously but comforted by their wisdom just the same.
In "How Doctors Think," Jerome Groopman (himself an oncologist for decades) reveals how rarely doctors are totally sure of their diagnoses--and how when they are, it may be the biggest problem of all.Doctors, like all of us, are prone to thinking errors; for example, ... Read More
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- it is OK
this book review is mostly about me and not about the book's contents, but it is about doctors.
I have gotten some feedback recently, over the last year, implying that I have a tendency to blame doctors for my problems.and I thought about it and I have to admit that is true.
I have various disabilities and etc.my issue in particular is that due to a cognitive impairment, I go through a process of mental churning when I think through things.it is a feeling of dizziness and pressure ... Read More
- Without risking failure there is zero chance of successWhen Dr. Jerome Groopman began his medical internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, he placed a high priority on facts. While in medical school he had tirelessly tried to "store an encyclopedia in [his] mind" as so that when faced with patients, he could "open the mental book and find the correct diagnosis and treatment." Thirty years later he saw students and residents relying on statistics, algorithms, "evidence-based" guidelines -- tools he feared would shackle their cognitive ... Read More
- A Patient and Doctor MUST READDr. Groopman really delves into how doctors come to certain conclusions about a patient's diagnosis.He reviews various case studies and interviews various doctors to clearly drive the message that doctors need to think differently and patients need to ask questions that will enable doctors to think differently.He also mentions some questions that patients can ask to get a doctor to channel his or her thinking elsewhere. I highly recommend both patients and doctors read this book.
This ... Read More
- Excellent for doctors and patientsAs an MD and ocxcasional patient, I think this book is a must for all of us. I gave it out as a present to my MD friends, to my private physician and to a cousin who is a very knowledgeable RN. This book is written with modesty, humor and empathy, things which some of us lack. I am not sure that all lay people will get the gist of it, but I recommend it highly.
- Learning to Think StraightWhen we're sick, we want to believe the doctor knows best.With authority and confidence, they assess our symptoms and assign a course of treatment, and we go along, perhaps anxiously but comforted by their wisdom just the same.
In "How Doctors Think," Jerome Groopman (himself an oncologist for decades) reveals how rarely doctors are totally sure of their diagnoses--and how when they are, it may be the biggest problem of all.Doctors, like all of us, are prone to thinking errors; for example, ... Read More
- it is OKthis book review is mostly about me and not about the book's contents, but it is about doctors.
I have gotten some feedback recently, over the last year, implying that I have a tendency to blame doctors for my problems.and I thought about it and I have to admit that is true.
I have various disabilities and etc.my issue in particular is that due to a cognitive impairment, I go through a process of mental churning when I think through things.it is a feeling of dizziness and pressure ... Read More
