Critical Decisions

We''ve all been there, sittinguncomfortably in a paper gownas a doctor impassively describesour prognosis. Sometimes it''s simple andtreatable. Other times we get news wecan''t fathom and then are faced withdecisions that are literally life and death.

In this revolutionary book, physician,behavioral scientist, and bioethicist PeterUbel, M.D., reveals how hidden dynamicsin the doctor/patient relatio...