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Book Description
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 consequenceContinue
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mostlyfiction published on Wed, 29 Sep 2010
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Where Does It Hurt?
This elegant, tough-minded book recounts stories about how doctors and patients interact with one other. In the hands of Jerome Groopman, professor of medicine at Harvard and a staff writer for The New Yorker, these clinical episodes make absorbing r ... (read full critics)
nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010
2 Reviews
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pktechgirl said on Jul 18, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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Informative and involving
Dr. Groopman uses research, patient's stories and his own experience to show that it isn't just a doctor's knowledge that determines whether his diagnosis is right or wrong. There are many other factors that both patients and doctors need to be aware of in order to successfully help the patient.
KyotoCutie said on Aug 7, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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- English Books
- Paperback 336 Pages
- Edition: 1
- ISBN-10: 0547053649
- ISBN-13: 9780547053646
- Publisher: Mariner Books
- Pub date: Mar 12, 2008
- Also available as: Hardcover and Others
- In other languages: other languages
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780547053646 | Paperback | $15.95 | $10.68 | bn.com |
| $15.95 | $10.49 | The Book Depository | ||
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pktechgirl 
"How Doctors Think"
(Reviewed by Mary Whipple APR 23, 2007) "A study of one hundred incorrect diagnoses found that inadequate medical knowledge was the reason for error in only four instances. The doctors didn't stumble because of their ignorance of clinical facts; rath ... (read full critics)