by Jerome Groopman, Pamela Hartzband · Penguin Pr · tapa dura · ISBN 9781594203114
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«Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What Is Right for You» is the medical essay by Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband, published by Penguin Press in hardback.
Groopman and Hartzband explain that each patient has their own «medical mind», a personal pattern for weighing risks and benefits. Using real cases, they describe profiles such as minimalist or maximalist, believer or skeptic, and show how beliefs and external information shape treatment decisions.
First edition published on 20 September 2011; 308 pages, text in English.
For patients and health readers interested in understanding their medical preferences and participating in decisions about their treatment.
Jerome E. Groopman is an American physician and medical writer. He has been a staff writer in medicine and biology for The New Yorker since 1998.
