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Second Opinions: Stories of Intuition and Choice in the Changing World of Medicine
by Jerome Groopman

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Book News Annotation:

A physician and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine explores how doctors and patients make critical decisions, offering eight clinical dramas that give insight into social and economic forces at work in the world of medicine, motives of caregivers, and the hope and limits of new treatments. The author teaches medicine at Harvard Medical School and is a leading researcher in cancer and AIDS.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

ISBN:
9780670888016
Subtitle:
(stories of intuition and choice in a changing world of medicine )
Author:
Groopman, Jerome
Publisher:
Viking Penguin Inc
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Health Care Delivery
Subject:
Medicine
Subject:
Health Care Issues
Subject:
Medicine, popular
Subject:
Case studies
Series Volume:
6599
Publication Date:
2000
Binding:
Trade Cloth
Language:
English
Pages:
243 p.
Dimensions:
9.33x6.24x.91 in. 1.08 lbs.