![]() ![]() ![]() Yet a paradox lies at the heart of Groopman’s subject: although the medical profession has long recognized that doctors communicate poorly with patients, physicians receive little training to improve that interaction. One of the messages of “How Doctors Think” is that patients need to be active participants in their care and without question the best physicians encourage, and even demand, the involvement of patients. Groopman powerfully conveys the complexity of the physician’s role, the anxiety and uncertainty that dog his every step, the difficulties that arise in understanding patients, eliciting their stories, making a diagnosis. At the same time, the author is commenting on some of the most profound problems facing modern medicine. In the hands of Jerome Groopman, professor of medicine at Harvard and a staff writer for The New Yorker, these clinical episodes make absorbing reading and are often deeply affecting. This elegant, tough-minded book recounts stories about how doctors and patients interact with one other. ![]()
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