How Doctors Think (Groopman)

I also recently read How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman, a hematologist-oncologist at Harvard. This New York Times bestseller is written for the lay public regarding how to understand a doctor's thought process and how a patient can help maximize the care he or she gets. Drawing on stories of patients, he describes the difficulty of diagnosis from the clinician's standpoint, the importance of communication, and how doctors ought to work with patients. His writing style is accessible, eloquent, and moving. It has the feel of an Atul Gawande book, and I highly recommend it.

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