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Beschreibung
Making the right medical decisions is harder than ever. We are overwhelmed by information from all sides-whether our doctors' recommendations, dissenting experts, confusing statistics, or testimonials on the Internet. Now Doctors Groopman and Hartzband reveal that each of us has a "medical mind," a highly individual approach to weighing the risks and benefits of treatments. Are you a minimalist or a maximalist, a believer or a doubter, do you look for natural healing or the latest technology? The authors weave vivid narratives of real patients with insights from recent research to demonstrate the power of the medical mind. After reading this groundbreaking book, you will know how to arrive at choices that serve you best.
Making the right medical decisions is harder than ever. We are overwhelmed by information from all sides-whether our doctors' recommendations, dissenting experts, confusing statistics, or testimonials on the Internet. Now Doctors Groopman and Hartzband reveal that each of us has a "medical mind," a highly individual approach to weighing the risks and benefits of treatments. Are you a minimalist or a maximalist, a believer or a doubter, do you look for natural healing or the latest technology? The authors weave vivid narratives of real patients with insights from recent research to demonstrate the power of the medical mind. After reading this groundbreaking book, you will know how to arrive at choices that serve you best.
Über den Autor
Jerome Groopman, M.D., and Pamela Hartzband, M.D., are on the staff of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, both in [...] have collaborated on articles for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The New England Journal of Medicine,among other publications. Groopman, a staff writer for The New Yorker, is the author of four books, including the New York Times bestseller How Doctors Think.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Ratgeber
Rubrik: Gesundheit
Thema: Gesundheit
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780143122241
ISBN-10: 014312224X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Groopman, Jerome
Hartzband, Pamela
Hersteller: Penguin Publishing Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 214 x 140 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Jerome Groopman (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.08.2012
Gewicht: 0,403 kg
Artikel-ID: 131733563