How doctors think
By: Jerome Groopman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780618610037
Subjects: Medicine -- Decision making.; Medical logic.; Physicians -- Psychology.; Médecine -- Prise de décision.; Logique médicale.; Médecins -- Psychologie.; Jugement.; Médecine clinique.; Decision Making.; Logic.; Clinical Medicine -- methods.; Diagnostic Errors.; Judgment.; Physicians -- psychology.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- -- 1.; title: Flesh-and-blood decision making -- -- 2.; title: Lessons from the heart -- -- 3.; title: Spinning plates -- -- 4.; title: Gatekeepers -- -- 5. A; title: new mother's challenge -- -- 6. The; title: uncertainty of the expert -- -- 7.; title: Surgery and satisfaction -- -- 8. The; title: eye of the beholder -- -- 9.; title: Marketing, money, and medical decisions -- -- 10.; title: In service of the soul --; title: Epilogue : A patient's questions --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Notes --; title: Index.