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How Doctors Think by Jerome E. Groopman is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is How Doctors Think about?
On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. Often, decisions made this way are correct, but at crucial moments they can also be wrong -- with catastrophic consequences. In this myth-shattering book, Jerome Groopman pinpoints the forces and thought processes behind the decisions doctors make. Groopman explores why doctors err and shows when and how they can --
Who reads How Doctors Think?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jerome E. Groopman
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780547053646
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Medical, Education, Psychology
- Rating
- 3.89 / 5 (8,640 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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