The author of The Measure of Our Days explores the diverse ways in which hope and other positive emotions influence the healing process, drawing on thirty years of medical practice and a variety of real-life experiences to analyze the biology of hope, as well as its benefits and limits. Reader's Gui[...]
Updated with a new afterword containing additional advice, a physician discusses the thought patterns and actions that often lead to misdiagnosis on the part of health-care providers, and suggests methods that patients can use to improve communication and help doctors assess conditions more accurate[...]
A New Yorker staff writer, bestselling author, and professor at Harvard Medical School unravels the mystery of how doctors figure out the best treatments--or fail to do so. This book describes the warning signs of flawed medical thinking and offers intelligent questions patients can ask.On average, [...]
A physician discusses the thought patterns and actions that lead to misdiagnosis on the part of healthcare providers, and suggests methods that patients can use to help doctors assess conditions more accurately.[...]
Hur tänker läkare och varför tänker de ibland fel och ställer felaktiga diagnoser?
Medicin är i grund och botten en osäker vetenskap och ingen kan därför heller förvänta sig att läkaren ska vara ofelbar. Alla läkare begår misstag i diagnostik och behandling. Som regel har fe[...]