Much depends on the competence of the doctor, often the very life of the patient. However, often we have to deal with medical errors.
Much depends on the competence of the doctor, often the very life of the patient. However, often we have to deal with medical errors. It is not easy for most people who do not have special medical knowledge to understand where and why the doctor is mistaken. The book of the physician, Harvard University professor and New Yorker contributor Jerome Grupman, will help us understand which way the doctor’s thought usually moves and in what place and under what circumstances a failure can occur. Grupman collected, described and analyzed many real stories: some illustrate the work of excellent diagnosticians, the other — typical medical oversights. All these stories convincingly prove that the correct diagnosis (and, consequently, a favorable outcome of treatment) is not only the merit of the doctor, but often the result of the active position of the patient, who asks clarifying questions in time and thereby helps the doctor avoid wrong and stereotyped decisions.
Eksmo, 320 p.