Your Medical Mind
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Do you know when you’re making a medical choice? And is it the right choice? JEROME GROOPMAN, MD and PAMELA HARTZBAND, MD come in to discuss how the sick make their way though the confusing path of medicine. Groopman and Hartzband, married and Harvard University colleagues, have put together a book based on interviews of how their respective patients cut through the conflicting information of the internet, advice from friends, and doctors’ recommendations to guide them to health called, “Your Medical Mind.”
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