Second Opinions: Stories of Intuition and Choice in the Changing World of Medicine
by Jerome Groopman, M.D.
Penguin USA
| 2001
| 256 pages
| Paperback
ISBN 0140298622
A Harvard Medical School professor and a cancer researcher, Dr. Groopman combines his scientific experience and communication skills in exploring how patients and their doctors make critical medical decisions. Told from the physician's perspective, the eight real-life narratives reflect the ambiguities and complexities inherent in medical science, the promise and limitations of new treatments and the current state of the healthcare delivery system.