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Title: How Doctors Think
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Manufacturer: Mariner Books
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| How Doctors Think by Mariner Books How Doctors Think |
Groopman brings a refreshing account concerning the cognition abilities of physicians and its residual affects upon their patient interactions. He conveys that physicians inadvertently rely upon their initial professional socialization processes while in medical school by learning different matrices in determining diagnoses. That this mindset is ingrained with some physicians does reflect negatively on patients with deleterious effects. Especially, as these physicians becomes more entrenched in the course of their medical careers, in terms of his/her professional demeanor and acumen. That external forces also influence these purportly medically derived diagnoses: indifference, reimbursement, and conflict of interest. He infers that reluctancy exists among some physicians in delving into the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis for their patients. This grays the physician-patient relationship that the latter believes about the former.
Chapter nine really illustrates the effect of the pharmaceutical industry upon physicians. Groopman states that there is a definite need for pharmaceutical research in exploring effective medications, but delineates that ethical standards are circumvented. He places the reader's perspective into the mindset of physicians by illustrating their practical terminology and analysis matrices. This is an excellent read for researchers, physicians, medical ethicists, social scientists and students to gain further insight into the cognitive reasoning by physicians as they conduct formulate and conclude medical diagnoses.
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| How Doctors Think by Mariner Books Interesting |
| Interesting and insightful look behind the scenes when you have a potentially very serious medical condition |
| How Doctors Think by Mariner Books Interesting read |
| As a family doctor, I felt compelled to read this text. It was more like a compliation of ideas and stories and life experiences, which was not what I expected. It did not have any novel ideas, but was worth reading. |
| How Doctors Think by Mariner Books Useful Guide for Everyone |
This is a useful guide for everyone and anyone who needs to see a doctor for whatever reason. It is also a practical guide filled with useful information on how doctors think. Not only does it focus on doctors, they focus on radiologists, internists and more. This book points out the differences that doctors face when they leave medical school and enter the working force.
It is simply fascinating. It is also disturbing in a way especially if you already don't have faith in your doctors. Groopman shared his own experiences with doctors when he had to be treated for his wrist that has been bothering him. He had to see three different specialists with three different solutions and finally arrived at a conclusion that was successful for him. But it took over a period of time before he was satisfied.
He provides examples of doctors who actually think outside the box as well as doctors who don't. He also provides examples after examples of patients who succeed in getting better or didn't succeed because they didn't listen to the right doctor or let fear get in the way or whatever.
The point of this book is that doctors are just as human as the rest of the world, and that makes them fallible in a field where everyone wishes they were not fallible. It also serves as a reminder that medicine is not an exact science even though there have been progress made over the last 200 years, and in the last 2 decades alone. There is still much out there that are the unknown and doctors are navigating their way through it as well as the patients. Sometimes they succeed, and sometimes, they don't.
This is a very thorough and insightful book and an useful one for all patients in perhaps in asking the right kinds of questions while searching for the answers. This is a keeper in my library.
4/21/08 |
| How Doctors Think by Mariner Books Interesting, but... |
| The book starts out quite interesting and has a topic that many can relate to--what happens when doctors are wrong? Unfortunately, the entire book seems to say on the topic of telling stories about doctors making mistakes. Half the size of the book could be cut down if Groopman simply omitted the tedious amount of repetition in his stories. |
| How Doctors Think by Mariner Books Product Description |
| 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. |
