Your Medical Choices

The essential tools for making our own best medical decisions, cutting through the confusion caused by the health-care system, the media, and gaps in our own reasoning. Making the right medical choices is harder than ever. Whether we're deciding to take a cholesterol drug or choosing a cancer treatment, we are overwhelmed by information from all sides- our doctors' recommendations, dissenting expert opinions, confusing statistics, the advice of friends, and...
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The essential tools for making our own best medical decisions, cutting through the confusion caused by the health-care system, the media, and gaps in our own reasoning.

Making the right medical choices is harder than ever. Whether we're deciding to take a cholesterol drug or choosing a cancer treatment, we are overwhelmed by information from all sides- our doctors' recommendations, dissenting expert opinions, confusing statistics, the advice of friends, and claims on the internet

Your Medical Choicesshows us how to chart a clear path through this sea of confusion. Drawing on scores of patient case studies, as well as insights from psychologists, economists, and other experts, Drs Groopman and Hartzband help us to better assess the impact of our decisions. They reveal how our personal beliefs profoundly influence our choices, and expose the external factors - such as misleading narratives or statistics - that can lead out thinking astray.

When conflicting information pulls us back and forth between options, when we feel pressured by doctors or loved ones to make a particular choice, or when we have no previous experience to guide us through a crisis, Your Medical Choiceswill prove an essential companion.

'This book should be required for doctors and patients alike.'
Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality

'Groopman and Hartzband provide a brilliant guide to navigating some of the most important decisions of our lives.'
Jonathan Alter, author of The Promise