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How Doctors Think.
Groopman J. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin; 2007. ISBN: 0618610030.

In this book, the author presents several stories that illustrate how anchoring errors and heuristics lead to diagnostic mistakes. He also discusses the role patients can play to minimize these mistakes.
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Interview with Jerome Groopman.
"The Colbert Report." Comedy Central. March 19, 2007.
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Survive your doctor.
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Q: What scares doctors? A: Being the patient.
Gibbs N, Bower A. Time Magazine. May 1, 2006.
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Poor Prognosis.
Lamont EB. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2004.
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