“While it is a convenient construct to divide hope into a cognitive and an affective component, the two are tightly coupled. Feelings and emotions mold logical thinking and eliberate decision making...True hope, then, is not initiated and sustained by completely… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share Image
False hope can lead to intemperate choices and flawed decision making. True hope takes into account the real threats that exist and seeks to navigate the best path around them. — Jerome Groopman Copy Share Image
“Understanding statistics about the risks and benefits of a treatment is called “health literacy.” It” — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
Hope differs from optimism. Hope does not arise from being told to "think positively," or from hearing an overly rosy forecast. Hope, unlike optimism,… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
Hope is the elevating feeling we experience when we see - in the mind's eye - a path to a better future. — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
“While it is a convenient construct to divide hope into a cognitive and an affective component, the two are tightly coupled. Feelings and emotions… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
“or she would choose the treatment option that the experts saw as “best,” in this case taking the medication. But in the Dartmouth study,… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
There is an authentic biology of hope. Belief and expectation - the key elements of hope - can block pain by releasing the brain's… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
Hope, true hope, has proved as important as any medication I might prescribe or any procedure I might perform. — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
True hope is cleareyed. It sees all the difficulties that exist and all the potential for failure, but through that carves a realistic path… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
“Despite education and knowledge and experience, when you are the patient--suffering, confused, and despairing--it is very, very hard to take matters into your own… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
“Hope is one of our central emotions, but we are often at a loss when asked to define it. Many of us confuse hope… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
False hope can lead to intemperate choices and flawed decision making. True hope takes into account the real threats that exist and seeks to… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
“One of the difficulties I experienced in trying to learn about the biology of emotions was the definition of terms...How would [Prof. Richard Davidson],… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
“also risks of taking statins. To be sure, seeing a person in front of you has a greater impact than hearing about side effects… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
“A book is an experiment, and as with all experiments, there is a sense of uncertainty about how it will turn out.” — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
“to taking an action that could make life even worse. Psychologists call this “loss aversion.” Research in cognitive” — Jerome Groopman Copy Share
