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Your Medical Mind: How To Decide What Is Right For You (2011)

by Jerome Groopman(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1594203113 (ISBN13: 9781594203114)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Penguin Press HC, The

review 1: If you were suddenly diagnosed with a life threatening disease, hospitalized with sudden collapse, or your loved one were in those situation, how you would manage the choices for the medical treatment in front of you. The reason I picked up this book was my recent experience in the experience I was in. I was not prepared with the situation and I was not sure how we can decide the choices provided in front of us and our choices were right or not and other choices would had been the better one. I would like to know how other people act when they are in this situation.Doctors recently would tell patients and families so much information about choices they could have for the medical treatment as a part of the informed consent. Inundated with the information, they would have to... more choose whatever the choices in front of you and doctors would follow the decision you chose. That's your choice, not doctors. If you cannot choose from the choices given to you, the doctor would tell you that you have a chance to ask second opinion. The more choice you can have, the more your would be in a maze of choices. Then you might be search for the answer in the internet. More mayhem...I do not think this book can solve all of what you would encounter but you might know it's not only you but almost all people would be in the same mental condition as you might be in.
review 2: Not quite as good as How Doctors Think and it still comes across as physician-centered. I honestly came away thinking it was written for doctors to better understand patients. But the authors' framework of analysis for understanding patient issues is pretty good (e.g. decision analysis, social influences, technology inclination, etc.). While I think it needs more formal assessment, the minimalist/maximalist, naturalism/technology, and doubter/believer spectrums are an interesting way to frame patient choices in healthcare. I think my biggest critique has to do with the authors' selection of patient stories. The book definitely seems centered on more affluent patients. While it's arguable that there are certain commonalities that two breast cancer patients face when dealing with their health experiences, I don't think the authors give due consideration to variations in environmental influences and overall health experiences associated with different socio-economic spectrums. In general, I thought this was an easy-to-read book and am glad that it starts to bring more attention to patient-centered problems in health care. less

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