How doctors think

by Jerome E. Groopman

Paper Book, 2007

Status

Available

Call number

W 61 G876h 2007 NOSME

Collection

Sudbury Campus

Publication

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 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.

Pages

307

Subjects

CLINICAL MEDICINE

Judgment

Medical logic

Medicine Decision making

Physicians Psychology

1 more

decision making

Fewer

Language

English

Original publication date

2007

Physical description

307 p.; 24 cm

ISBN

9780618610037

Barcode

30017000139004

Other editions

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

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