False hope can lead to intemperate choices and flawed decision making. True hope takes into account the real threats that exist and… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share Image
“Understanding statistics about the risks and benefits of a treatment is called “health literacy.” It” — Jerome Groopman Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
Hope, true hope, has proved as important as any medication I might prescribe or any procedure I might perform. — Jerome Groopman Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 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… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share Image
“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 Image
![“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], as an experimental psychologist, deconstruct [hope]? "I understand hope as an emotion made up of two parts: a cognitive part and an affective…” quote by Jerome Groopman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/30f/jerome-groopman-23277_hope_one-of-the-difficulties-i-experienced-in_1380376.jpg)