The book, he says, “is about what goes on in a doctor’s mind as he or she treats a patient.” Every physician - even the most brilliant - makes a misdiagnosis or chooses a wrong therapy. This is precisely what the author does in this splendid volume. That requires studying medical errors scientifically. But since the doctor’s errors can be fatal, every effort should be made to minimise them. Like most of us, Jerome Groopman believes that practitioners of modern medicine are all too human and so are prone to make errors in judgment. It is about what goes on in a doctor’s mind as he or she treats a patient.
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