Becoming Mindful Of Medical Decision Making

Whether making life-or-death decisions — or simply choosing a drug — we're flooded with information and conflicting advice. Doctors, the media, statistics, guidelines, family members and Internet strangers can all weigh in on the best medications to take or the most effective treatment options.

So how do you pick the best one?

"There is no one right answer for everyone," says Harvard Medical School oncologist Jerome Groopman. "But it's very important for people to understand how the information applies to them as individuals and then to understand ... their own personal approach to making choices ... so that they're confident that what they chose is right for them."

Groopman and Pamela Hartzband, an endocrinologist at Harvard Medical School, have teamed up to write Your Medical Mind, a guidebook for patients trying to sift through medical choices and make the best decisions for themselves and their family members ...

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http://www.npr.org/2011/09/21/140438982/becoming-mindful-of-medical-decision-making


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http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=140438982