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by Jerome Groopman

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Dr. Groopman presents a unique insider's view of today's complex world of medicine through eight gripping clinical dramas. These real-life lessons prepare readers to navigate the uncertain terrain of illness and thereby make the best possible decisions about their health and future.

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A unique insider's view of today's complex and often contentious world of medicine

Anxious about the prognosis, lost in a blur of technical jargon, and fatigued from worry or pain, people who are ill are easily overwhelmed by treatment choices. Told through eight gripping clinical dramas, Second Opinions reveals the forces at play in making critical medical decisions. Dr. Jerome Groopman illuminates the world of medicine where knowledge is imperfect, no therapy is without risks, and no outcome is fully predictable. He portrays moments of astute diagnosis and misguided perception, of lifesaving triumphs and shattering failures.

These real-life lessons prepare us to navigate the uncertain terrain of illness, and enable us to balance intuition and information, and thereby make the best possible decisions about our health and future.

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A unique insider's view of today's complex and often contentious world of medicine

Anxious about the prognosis, lost in a blur of technical jargon, and fatigued from worry or pain, people who are ill are easily overwhelmed by treatment choices. Told through eight gripping clinical dramas, Second Opinions reveals the forces at play in making critical medical decisions. Dr. Jerome Groopman illuminates the world of medicine where knowledge is imperfect, no therapy is without risks, and no outcome is fully predictable. He portrays moments of astute diagnosis and misguided perception, of lifesaving triumphs and shattering failures.

These real-life lessons prepare us to navigate the uncertain terrain of illness, and enable us to balance intuition and information, and thereby make the best possible decisions about our health and future.

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  • Title Second Opinions: 8 Clinical Dramas Intuition Decision Making Front Lines Medn
  • Author Jerome Groopman
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, United States of America
  • Publication date 2001-03-01
  • ISBN 9780140298628 / 0140298622
  • Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.76 x 5.06 x 0.49 in (19.71 x 12.85 x 1.24 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 970
  • Category Consumer Health
  • Library of Congress subjects Medicine, Popular, Medicine
  • Dewey Decimal Code 610

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"Compelling....Each of the parables in this book...teaches us how medical decisions are made, both wisely and unwisely. They also teach us how to evaluate the medical advice we receive." --The Wall Street Journal

About the author

Jerome Groopman, M.D. is the Recanati Professor of Immunology at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Experimental Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and one of the world's leading researchers in cancer and AIDS. He and his work have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Time magazine, as well as in numerous scientific journals. He lives with his family in Brookline, Massachusetts.
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