How doctors think

by Jerome E. Groopman

Paper Book, 2007

Status

Available

Call number

W 61 G876h 2007 NOSMW

Collection

Thunder Bay Campus

Publication

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.

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.

Subjects

Clinical Medicine methods

DECISION MAKING

Judgment

Logic

Physicians psychology

1 more

diagnosis

Fewer

Original publication date

2007

ISBN

9780618610037

Barcode

30017000074599

Other editions

How doctors think by Jerome E. Groopman (Paper Book)

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