MARINER BOOKS • WWW.MARINERBOOKS.COM 75 “Must reading for every physician who cares for patients and every patient who wishes to get the best care.” Jerome Groopman HOW DOCTORS THINK • A New York Times bestseller • Includes a new afterword with additional advice for patients • Winner, 2007 Health/Self-Improvement Quill Award • “This is medicine at its best, ‘a mix of science and soul.’” — New York Times • “A unique, important, and wonderful book . You’ll never look at your own doctor in the same way again.” — Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, authors of Freakonomics n average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doc- ISBN-13/EAN: 978-0-547-05364-6 • $15.95 O tors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. Often decisions How Doctors Think made this way are correct, but at crucial moments they can also be MARCH • Medicine 336 pages • 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 • A4 wrong — with catastrophic consequences. In this myth-shattering book, 12-copy floor display • $179.40 Jerome Groopman explores the forces and thought processes behind ISBN-13/EAN: 978-0-547-05979-2 the decisions doctors make. He pinpoints why doctors err and shows Houghton Mifflin hardcover, 2007 when and how they can — with our help — avoid snap judgments, Previous ISBN 978-0-618-61003-7 embrace uncertainty,communicate effectively,and deploy other skills that can profoundly impact our health. Groopman draws on a wealth of research, extensive interviews with some of the country’s best doctors, and his own experiences as a doctor and as a patient. In a new after- • National TV advertising including word for the paperback edition, Groopman offers patients and their Oprah and the CNN and Oxygen networks • National media from New York and Boston family members practical suggestions for improved communication • National advertising, including the New York with their physicians. Times and The New Yorker How Doctors Think reveals a profound view of twenty-first-century • Online promotion medical practice, providing medical students, doctors, and patients • Promotional bookmarks with the vital information they need to improve health care. • 12-copy floor display 76 MARINER BOOKS / MARCH • WWW.MARINERBOOKS.COM and every patient who wishes to get the best care.”—Time From the new afterword by Dr.Groopman • The three A’s: Major thinking traps: Anchoring — seizing on an initial symptom and making a snap judgment Attribution — stereotyping a patient Availability — deciding based on most recent experiences • The three C’s when seeking a doctor: Communication between patient and physician Critical reasoning — the thought process behind a diagnosis Compassion — respect for the patient’s values and spiritual needs © DAVID CARMACK PHOTOGRAPHY “[Groopman’s] task is to offer practical advice to both JEROME GROOPMAN, M.D., holds the patients and physicians. He succeeds at both.” Dina and Raphael Recanati Chair of —Washington Post Book World Medicine at Harvard Medical School and is chief of experimental medicine at Beth “A fascinating exploration of the subconscious forces Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. that influence how doctors approach illness.” His previous books include the New York Times bestseller The Anatomy of Hope, — San Francisco Chronicle Second Opinions, and The Measure of “Elegant, tough-minded . deeply affecting . remarkable. Our Days. He is also a staff writer at The New Yorker. Groopman lives in Brookline, Here is Groopman at the peak of his form, as a physician Massachusetts. and as a writer. 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His manner no longer said, “I don’t AUTHOR PROFILE care to manage any better — take it or leave it,” but EDWARD DOCX is the author of the instead, “This is the best I can manage.” acclaimed The Calligrapher, named a San “How you feeling?” she asked. Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year. He was a Sunday columnist and arts editor “Fantastic. All go.” for national newspapers in the UK. Now a Isabella smiled. “I mean, can you take a drink or are full-time writer, he still contributes to British and American newspapers and appears you going to crash?” frequently as a cultural critic on television “I’d love a drink. I would absolutely love a drink.” and radio. Pravda was long-listed for the Gabriel eased into his seat and grimaced. “I didn’t sleep 2007 Man Booker Prize. last night — in fact, I can’t remember when I last slept. I’m totally wasted. What are you thinking?” “I’m thinking vodka. It can only help.” “Tonics separate?” Gabriel found a lopsided grin. She smiled in return. Vodka that was worth tasting — it meant they were in Russia together again . MARINER BOOKS / MARCH • WWW.MARINERBOOKS.COM 79 Martin Gayford THE YELLOW HOUSE Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Provence • “Offers fascinating interpretations of the work that came out of the short, stormy conjunction of their lives.” — Entertainment Weekly • “Brings fresh insights into the personalities and work of this odd couple of art.” — Los Angeles Times • “Informative and entertaining.” — The New Yorker ISBN-13/EAN: 978-0-618-99058-0 • $14.95 rom October to December of 1888, Paul Gauguin shared a yellow The Yellow House Fhouse in the south of France with Vincent van Gogh. They were the APRIL • Art/Biography odd couple of the art world — one calm, the other volatile — and the 352 pages • 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 • A4 denouement of their living arrangement was explosive. 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Currently the chief art critic for Bloomberg Europe, Gayford lives in Cambridge, England, with his wife and two children. 80 MARINER BOOKS / APRIL • WWW.MARINERBOOKS.COM Mark Slouka THE VISIBLE WORLD A Novel • “An atmospheric mix of adventure, mystery, and romance . The sheer beauty of Mark Slouka’s prose will draw comparisons to The English Patient.” — Gary Shteyngart • “A vibrantly told love story.” — Washington Post Book World • A top-ten Book Sense pick and a Border’s Original Voices selection ISBN-13/EAN: 978-0-547-05367-7 • $13.95 he Visible World is an immensely moving, powerfully romantic The Visible World T novel about the vagaries of love and the legacy of war. The narrator, APRIL • Fiction an American-born son of Czech immigrants, grows up in a boisterous 256 pages • 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 • A4 community of the displaced.