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Drs. Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband, authors of the new book Your Medical Mind.

This week, Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Jerome Groopman, a Harvard physician and New Yorker staff writer, and Dr. Pamela Hartzband, an endocrinologist and faculty member at Harvard Medical School, about their new book Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What is Right for You. They explore what influences our medical decisions– from personal biases to statistical influences on decisions to test and treat.

To download a full transcript of this episode click here.

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