Jerome Groopman

Oftentimes, this prevents the patient from fully disclosing their symptoms and reasons for making the appointment.

In the book titled How Doctors Think by Dr. Jerome Groopman, his research found that doctors frequently stop asking questions when they think they have the answer and are quick to label patients as emotionally or psychologically imbalanced when the symptoms don't match the findings.

He also found that most medical misdiagnoses were not a result of technical errors or ignorance of clinical facts.

The majority of errors were due to flaws in physician thinking, often as a result of insufficient communication between patient and provider.