How Doctors Think
Jerome Groopman · first published 2007 · ISBN 9780547053646
Groopman, a physician and researcher, explores how diagnostic errors happen by interviewing leading doctors and examining real cases. He documents cognitive shortcuts that lead to misdiagnosis: jumping to conclusions after finding one positive finding, stereotyping patients, anchoring on first impressions. The book shows that 80 percent of diagnostic errors come from how doctors think, not from gaps in medical knowledge.
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