Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What Is Right for You

By Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband

Book Overview

Making the right medical decisions is harder than ever. We are overwhelmed by information from all sides--whether our doctors' recommendations, dissenting experts, confusing statistics, or testimonials on the Internet. Now Doctors Groopman and Hartzband reveal that each of us has a "medical mind," a highly individual approach to weighing the risks and benefits of treatments. Are you a minimalist or a maximalist, a believer or a doubter, do you look for natural healing or the latest technology? The authors weave vivid narratives of real patients with insights from recent research to demonstrate the power of the medical mind. After reading this groundbreaking book, you will know how to arrive at choices that serve you best.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014312224X
• ISBN13: 9780143122241
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

This is a must read for anyone!

With several examples this book gives you a LOT to think about when it comes to deciding what to do for your medical care. It gives details on the kind of things many of us would overlook but need to decide upon should we not be able to communicate our wishes and/or leaves no guess work to those who may have to make decisions for us when we can't.