Jerome Groopman shares what he has learned from 30 years of practicing medicine about hope and how it functions in sick people--and how difficult it is for a doctor to walk the line between optimism and false hope. The patients he wri...

"This important and riveting book could change—and perhaps even save—your life."—Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on HappinessMaking the right medical choices is harder than ever. Whether we're deciding to take a ch...