Jerome Groopman’s How Doctors Think attempts to shed light on the cognitive processes of doctors as they go about the business of diagnosing and treating patients. Groopman’s thesis is that, contra to what is taught in medical schools, the very best doctors do not follow the algorithmic, Bayesian diagnostic process. Algorithmic analyses is often adequate [...]
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