In example after example, he educates us about various cognitive errors – ways in which a well-intentioned clinician can be wrong. I admit I rather admire him for laying it all out there. Groopman outlines the various ways a doctor can make a mistake in diagnosing a patient’s illness. After all, through a series of stories and case examples, Dr. But my first impression about this book is that is it meant for doctors to read. The cover of the book says “ Must reading for every physician who cares for patients and every patient who wishes to get the best care.” Fair enough.

(Just like in-person book clubs where half the people didn’t actually read the book! You know who you are.) My observations on How Doctors Think First topic: Who is the book for? I’m most interested in your thoughts so please join the conversation even if you didn’t get a chance to read the book. I’d rather this be a two-way conversation – an online book discussion – rather than just me talking. Hopefully you’ll leave a comment at the bottom with your own thoughts. A few questions for you to consider in response to my reflections.My summary and reflections about an aspect of the book, broken into 3 topic sections.To get you thinking, I’m going to talk about the book in the following format: I’ll bet you’ll have something to add to the conversation even if you didn’t get to read it! For regular readers of MyHealthyMatters, hopefully you’ve had a chance to check it out. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been reading How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman. Hi, everybody! For about 2 months I’ve been yammering both in this blog and on the radio broadcast about the current Healthy Matters online book club selection, and it’s time to get to it! As they say in billiards.

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