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Every Patient Tells a Story
by Lisa Sanders • 2009
Most diagnoses are found in what the patient says, yet doctors cut them off within seconds.
3.96
9k+
Every Patient Tells a Story Summary
Every Patient Tells a Story 92%
Most diagnoses are found in what the patient says, yet doctors cut them off within seconds.
by Lisa Sanders 2009
3.96
9k+ ratings
The Laws of Medicine
by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2015
Why a strong hunch beats a weak test, and other laws of a science built on uncertainty.
4.07
5k+
The Laws of Medicine Summary
The Laws of Medicine 91%
Why a strong hunch beats a weak test, and other laws of a science built on uncertainty.
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2015
4.07
5k+ ratings
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR
by American Psychiatric Association • 1952
A taxonomy of mental disorders built on evidence and clinical judgment, not on theory or assumption.
3.90
12k+
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR Summary
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR 90%
A taxonomy of mental disorders built on evidence and clinical judgment, not on theory or assumption.
by American Psychiatric Association 1952
3.90
12k+ ratings
Diagnosis
by Lisa Sanders • 2019
High-tech scans get the glory, but the real diagnostic work starts with a doctor who listens.
4.00
4k+
Diagnosis Summary
Diagnosis 90%
High-tech scans get the glory, but the real diagnostic work starts with a doctor who listens.
by Lisa Sanders 2019
4.00
4k+ ratings
Debugging
by David J. Agans • 2002
Learn to debug like a detective: reproduce the crime, divide the scene, and never guess.
4.26
509
Debugging Summary
Debugging 90%
Learn to debug like a detective: reproduce the crime, divide the scene, and never guess.
by David J. Agans 2002
4.26
509 ratings
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5
by American Psychiatric Association • 2013
Mental health's diagnostic rulebook, reorganized to reflect that disorders bleed into one another.
4.16
4k+
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5 Summary
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5 90%
Mental health's diagnostic rulebook, reorganized to reflect that disorders bleed into one another.
by American Psychiatric Association 2013
4.16
4k+ ratings
The Age of Diagnosis
by Suzanne O'Sullivan • 2025
We pursue diagnosis for certainty and safety. The pursuit itself is making us sick.
4.11
3k+
The Age of Diagnosis Summary
The Age of Diagnosis 89%
We pursue diagnosis for certainty and safety. The pursuit itself is making us sick.
by Suzanne O'Sullivan 2025
4.11
3k+ ratings
How Doctors Think
by Jerome Groopman • 2007
Why doctors misdiagnose, and the simple questions that can stop a cognitive error cold.
3.93
13k+
How Doctors Think Summary
How Doctors Think 89%
Why doctors misdiagnose, and the simple questions that can stop a cognitive error cold.
by Jerome Groopman 2007
3.93
13k+ ratings
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes
by Peter Bevelin • 2013
The observation and reasoning tools Holmes used to solve impossible crimes, for everyday thinking.
3.63
541
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes Summary
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes 88%
The observation and reasoning tools Holmes used to solve impossible crimes, for everyday thinking.
by Peter Bevelin 2013
3.63
541 ratings
The Inner Consultation
by Roger Neighbour • 2015
When the voice in your head goes quiet, the patient finally gets heard. A consultation method.
4.02
46
The Inner Consultation Summary
The Inner Consultation 88%
When the voice in your head goes quiet, the patient finally gets heard. A consultation method.
by Roger Neighbour 2015
4.02
46 ratings
Mastermind
by Maria Konnikova • 2013
Learn to think like Sherlock Holmes: a psychologist's method for sharper observation and reasoning.
3.55
9k+
Mastermind Summary
Mastermind 88%
Learn to think like Sherlock Holmes: a psychologist's method for sharper observation and reasoning.
by Maria Konnikova 2013
3.55
9k+ ratings
DSM-5 Insanely Simplified
by Steven Buser M.D • 2015
Mental health is a continuum, not a checkbox: eight spectrums that map the full range.
3.95
236
DSM-5 Insanely Simplified Summary
DSM-5 Insanely Simplified 88%
Mental health is a continuum, not a checkbox: eight spectrums that map the full range.
by Steven Buser M.D 2015
3.95
236 ratings
How To Think Like Sherlock
by Daniel Smith • 2012
Most people look. Holmes noticed. Practical exercises that train your brain to do the same.
3.07
2k+
How To Think Like Sherlock Summary
How To Think Like Sherlock 88%
Most people look. Holmes noticed. Practical exercises that train your brain to do the same.
by Daniel Smith 2012
3.07
2k+ ratings
Ending Medical Reversal
by Vinayak K. Prasad • 2015
Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.
4.36
407
Ending Medical Reversal Summary
Ending Medical Reversal 88%
Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.
by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015
4.36
407 ratings
How to Read a Paper
by Trisha Greenhalgh • 1999
From p-values to meta-analyses: critical skills to judge a study, no statistics degree required.
4.02
378
How to Read a Paper Summary
How to Read a Paper 88%
From p-values to meta-analyses: critical skills to judge a study, no statistics degree required.
by Trisha Greenhalgh 1999
4.02
378 ratings
Everything in Its Place
by Oliver Sacks • 2019
Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.
4.14
3k+
Everything in Its Place Summary
Everything in Its Place 88%
Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.
by Oliver Sacks 2019
4.14
3k+ ratings
Doctored
by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014
Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.
3.61
1k+
Doctored Summary
Doctored 88%
Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.
by Sandeep Jauhar 2014
3.61
1k+ ratings
Think Like Sherlock
by Peter Hollins • 2018
Sleepiness, constraints, and shifting perspective: the unconventional route to sharper thinking.
3.70
178
Think Like Sherlock Summary
Think Like Sherlock 88%
Sleepiness, constraints, and shifting perspective: the unconventional route to sharper thinking.
by Peter Hollins 2018
3.70
178 ratings
Deep Medicine
by Eric J. Topol • 2019
AI reads scans better than radiologists. The surprise: your doctor finally has time to listen.
4.01
3k+
Deep Medicine Summary
Deep Medicine 88%
AI reads scans better than radiologists. The surprise: your doctor finally has time to listen.
by Eric J. Topol 2019
4.01
3k+ ratings
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo
by Ian Harris • 2016
Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.
4.16
196
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo Summary
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo 88%
Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.
by Ian Harris 2016
4.16
196 ratings
The Great Prostate Hoax
by Richard J. Ablin • 2014
The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.
4.49
115
The Great Prostate Hoax Summary
The Great Prostate Hoax 88%
The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.
by Richard J. Ablin 2014
4.49
115 ratings
Introduction to Logic
by Irving M. Copi • 1953
How to spot a flawed argument: the logic toolkit from Aristotle to truth tables.
4.07
919
Introduction to Logic Summary
Introduction to Logic 88%
How to spot a flawed argument: the logic toolkit from Aristotle to truth tables.
by Irving M. Copi 1953
4.07
919 ratings
Complications
by Atul Gawande • 2002
Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.
4.28
53k+
Complications Summary
Complications 88%
Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.
by Atul Gawande 2002
4.28
53k+ ratings
Brain on Fire
by Susannah Cahalan • 2012
A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.
4.09
239k+
Brain on Fire Summary
Brain on Fire 88%
A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.
by Susannah Cahalan 2012
4.09
239k+ ratings
Mind the Science
by Jonathan N. Stea • 2024
How a multi-trillion-dollar industry exploits your cognitive biases to sell fake mental health cures
4.15
257
Mind the Science Summary
Mind the Science 88%
How a multi-trillion-dollar industry exploits your cognitive biases to sell fake mental health cures
by Jonathan N. Stea 2024
4.15
257 ratings
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks • 1985
When brains break, the self bends but doesn't vanish: clinical tales of what persists.
4.05
249k+
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Summary
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 88%
When brains break, the self bends but doesn't vanish: clinical tales of what persists.
by Oliver Sacks 1985
4.05
249k+ ratings
The Family Gene
by Joselin Linder • 2017
One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.
4.05
1k+
The Family Gene Summary
The Family Gene 88%
One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.
by Joselin Linder 2017
4.05
1k+ ratings
Practical Thinking
by Edward de Bono • 1971
Being right isn't one thing: it's four. And each carries its own trap.
3.77
133
Practical Thinking Summary
Practical Thinking 87%
Being right isn't one thing: it's four. And each carries its own trap.
by Edward de Bono 1971
3.77
133 ratings
Doing Philosophy
by Timothy Williamson • 2018
Philosophy is a science that tests ideas with thought experiments, and the best explanation wins.
3.67
213
Doing Philosophy Summary
Doing Philosophy 87%
Philosophy is a science that tests ideas with thought experiments, and the best explanation wins.
by Timothy Williamson 2018
3.67
213 ratings
Ecg Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy
by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins • 1997
A protocol that separates the benign squiggle from the one that needs a crash cart.
4.19
156
Ecg Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy Summary
Ecg Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy 87%
A protocol that separates the benign squiggle from the one that needs a crash cart.
by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1997
4.19
156 ratings
Problem Solving 101
by Ken Watanabe • 2007
A simple, repeatable method to solve problems at work and in life, no genius required.
4.14
4k+
Problem Solving 101 Summary
Problem Solving 101 87%
A simple, repeatable method to solve problems at work and in life, no genius required.
by Ken Watanabe 2007
4.14
4k+ ratings
ADHD Does Not Exist
by Richard Saul • 2014
How many ADHD cases are really bad eyesight, poor sleep, or boredom? A clinician argues most.
3.03
505
ADHD Does Not Exist Summary
ADHD Does Not Exist 87%
How many ADHD cases are really bad eyesight, poor sleep, or boredom? A clinician argues most.
by Richard Saul 2014
3.03
505 ratings
Nurse's Pocket Guide
by Marilynn E. Doenges • 2006
The manual that turns a nursing diagnosis into a care plan in seconds.
3.98
126
Nurse's Pocket Guide Summary
Nurse's Pocket Guide 87%
The manual that turns a nursing diagnosis into a care plan in seconds.
by Marilynn E. Doenges 2006
3.98
126 ratings
Critical Thinking
by Simon Bradley • 2016
A structured method for evaluating evidence, cutting through noise, and knowing when inaction wins.
3.27
241
Critical Thinking Summary
Critical Thinking 87%
A structured method for evaluating evidence, cutting through noise, and knowing when inaction wins.
by Simon Bradley 2016
3.27
241 ratings
Strangers to Ourselves
by Rachel Aviv • 2022
A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.
4.10
15k+
Strangers to Ourselves Summary
Strangers to Ourselves 87%
A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.
by Rachel Aviv 2022
4.10
15k+ ratings
What Is Madness?
by Darian Leader • 2011
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
4.14
531
What Is Madness? Summary
What Is Madness? 87%
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
by Darian Leader 2011
4.14
531 ratings
Thought and Knowledge
by Diane F. Halpern • 1984
Upgrade memory, reasoning, and decisions with the cognitive skills that expose hidden mental errors.
3.89
109
Thought and Knowledge Summary
Thought and Knowledge 87%
Upgrade memory, reasoning, and decisions with the cognitive skills that expose hidden mental errors.
by Diane F. Halpern 1984
3.89
109 ratings
No More Normal
by Alastair Santhouse • 2025
Four times more mental disorders than 70 years ago. A psychiatrist asks: have we lost normal?
4.04
91
No More Normal Summary
No More Normal 87%
Four times more mental disorders than 70 years ago. A psychiatrist asks: have we lost normal?
by Alastair Santhouse 2025
4.04
91 ratings
Risk Savvy
by Gerd Gigerenzer • 2013
Experts sell certainty. Simple math and gut instincts expose what they don't know.
4.01
2k+
Risk Savvy Summary
Risk Savvy 87%
Experts sell certainty. Simple math and gut instincts expose what they don't know.
by Gerd Gigerenzer 2013
4.01
2k+ ratings
The Systems Thinker - Analytical Skills
by Albert Rutherford • 2019
The step-by-step process for thinking clearly, spotting fallacies, and making data-backed decisions.
3.46
107
The Systems Thinker - Analytical Skills Summary
The Systems Thinker - Analytical Skills 87%
The step-by-step process for thinking clearly, spotting fallacies, and making data-backed decisions.
by Albert Rutherford 2019
3.46
107 ratings
Destructive Trends in Mental Health
by Rogers H. Wright • 2005
Therapy now invents disorders, buries science, and rewards victimhood. Patients pay the price.
3.95
21
Destructive Trends in Mental Health Summary
Destructive Trends in Mental Health 87%
Therapy now invents disorders, buries science, and rewards victimhood. Patients pay the price.
by Rogers H. Wright 2005
3.95
21 ratings
Compassionomics
by Stephen Trzeciak • 2019
Compassion isn't soft: the data shows it cuts costs, heals faster, and takes just forty seconds.
4.05
652
Compassionomics Summary
Compassionomics 87%
Compassion isn't soft: the data shows it cuts costs, heals faster, and takes just forty seconds.
by Stephen Trzeciak 2019
4.05
652 ratings
Do No Harm
by Henry Marsh • 2014
A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.
4.25
43k+
Do No Harm Summary
Do No Harm 87%
A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.
by Henry Marsh 2014
4.25
43k+ ratings
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
by Steven Novella • 2018
The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.
4.39
5k+
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Summary
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe 87%
The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.
by Steven Novella 2018
4.39
5k+ ratings
Blind Spots
by Marty Makary • 2024
Peanut avoidance caused an epidemic. Hormone therapy wrongly abandoned. The errors follow a pattern.
4.34
5k+
Blind Spots Summary
Blind Spots 87%
Peanut avoidance caused an epidemic. Hormone therapy wrongly abandoned. The errors follow a pattern.
by Marty Makary 2024
4.34
5k+ ratings
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes
by David Acord • 2011
Observation beats intelligence. Nine Holmes-tested habits for seeing what everyone else misses.
3.58
179
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes Summary
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes 87%
Observation beats intelligence. Nine Holmes-tested habits for seeing what everyone else misses.
by David Acord 2011
3.58
179 ratings
MRI in Practice
by Catherine Westbrook • 1993
How hydrogen nuclei, magnetic fields, and radio pulses produce body images without radiation.
4.23
117
MRI in Practice Summary
MRI in Practice 87%
How hydrogen nuclei, magnetic fields, and radio pulses produce body images without radiation.
by Catherine Westbrook 1993
4.23
117 ratings
Edward De Bono's Masterthinker's Handbook
by Edward de Bono • 1985
Intelligence is not enough. A systematic method for building thinking as a practiced skill.
4.00
36
Edward De Bono's Masterthinker's Handbook Summary
Edward De Bono's Masterthinker's Handbook 87%
Intelligence is not enough. A systematic method for building thinking as a practiced skill.
by Edward de Bono 1985
4.00
36 ratings
Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression
by Adrian Wells • 2008
Anxiety and depression are driven by how we think about thoughts, not by the thoughts themselves.
4.37
166
Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression Summary
Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression 87%
Anxiety and depression are driven by how we think about thoughts, not by the thoughts themselves.
by Adrian Wells 2008
4.37
166 ratings
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
by Richard W. Hamming • 1996
What separates great scientists from good ones: they pick better problems.
4.18
2k+
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering Summary
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering 87%
What separates great scientists from good ones: they pick better problems.
by Richard W. Hamming 1996
4.18
2k+ ratings
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