Another review
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magentaHow Doctors Think
by Jerome Groopman, MD
Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
This is, much to my surprise, on the NYT best seller list. My surprise because I usually don’t like "best sellers" and it's not the run of the mill topic. This is for the "House" fans and medical geeks. It's not pretty but it's very interesting, and quite readable. It's about, among other things, the phenomenom that doctors are told, "when you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras". Except, once in a while, there are zebras, and you’d better figure it out or the patient may die. Mostly about diagnosis, but also about treatment, and human interactions between doctors and patients. Highly recommended.
by Jerome Groopman, MD
Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
This is, much to my surprise, on the NYT best seller list. My surprise because I usually don’t like "best sellers" and it's not the run of the mill topic. This is for the "House" fans and medical geeks. It's not pretty but it's very interesting, and quite readable. It's about, among other things, the phenomenom that doctors are told, "when you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras". Except, once in a while, there are zebras, and you’d better figure it out or the patient may die. Mostly about diagnosis, but also about treatment, and human interactions between doctors and patients. Highly recommended.
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Date: 2007-12-04 01:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-04 01:59 am (UTC)FYI,,, LJ currently has your whole journal set to 14+ (adult content). If you did not do this yourself you may want to check it out.