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. 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.
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