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How doctors think / Jerome Groopman.
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Title:How doctors think / Jerome Groopman.
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Author/Creator:Groopman, Jerome E.
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Published/Created:Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
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Location:2008
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Call Number: W61 .G876h 2008
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Number of Items:1
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Status:c.1 2008 Missing - 11-16-2016
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Location:2008
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Library of Congress Subjects:Medicine--Decision making.
Medical logic.
Physicians--Psychology.
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Medical Subjects: Decision Making.
Logic.
Clinical Medicine--methods.
Diagnostic Errors.
Judgment.
Physicians--psychology.
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Edition:1st Mariner Books ed.
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Description:319 pages : port ; 21 cm.
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Summary: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.
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Notes:"A Mariner book."
"With a new afterword."--Cover
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9780547053646 (pbk.)
0547053649 (pbk.)
0618610030
9780618610037
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Contents:Flesh-and-blood decision making
Lessons from the heart
Spinning plates
Gatekeepers
A new mother's challenge
The uncertainty of the expert
Surgery and satisfaction
The eye of the beholder
Marketing, money, and medical decisions
In service of the soul
Epilogue : a patient's questions.