Bibliography

CHAPTER ONE : The Theory of Thin Slices

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18. Sybil Carrere and John Gottman. "Predicting Divorce among Newlyweds from the First Three Minutes of a Marital Conflict Discussion." Family Process. 1999. Vol. 38. No. 3. 293-301.
http://www.familyprocess.org/
27-28. You can find more information on Nigel West at www.nigelwest.com
18-39. On whether marriage counselors and psychologists can accurately judge the future of a marriage:
Rachel Ebling and Robert W. Levenson. "Who Are the Marital Experts?" February 2003. Journal of Marriage and Family. Vol. 65. 130-142.

For a listing of where abstracts are available, please see here
34. 4. The Secrets of the Bedroom

The bedroom study:
Samuel D. Gosling, Sei Jin Ko, et al. "A Room With a Cue: Personality Judgments Based on Offices and Bedrooms." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2002. Vol. 82. No. 3. 379-398. Full article here. (Subscription required)
39-43. On the issue of malpractice lawsuits and physicians:
  • Interview with Jeffrey Allen and Alice Burkin by Berkeley Rice. "How Plaintiff's Lawyers Pick Their Targets." Medical Economics. April 24, 2000. Find interview here.
  • Wendy Levinson, "Physician-Patient Communication: The Relationship with Malpractice Claims Among Primary Care Physicians and Surgeons." Journal of the American Medical Association. 1997 Vol. 277. No. 7. pp. 553-559. See abstract here. (Full text available by subscription.)
  • Nalini Ambady et al., "Surgeons' Tone of Voice: A Clue to Malpractice History." Surgery. 2002. Vol. 132. pp. 5-9. Full article available here.

I make the argument, at the end of this chapter, that if you have a funny feeling about a doctor, you should "listen to that feeling" because you have picked up on something of real importance in your relationship with him or her. A reader, Lois Greenfield, begs to differ--and makes what I think is a very sound point:

"Re: your conclusion on page 43 that we should listen to our feelings if we sense disrespect, etc. from our doctors--to what end? Obviously we'd typically prefer to deal with someone we like than someone we don't like; but your findings don't indicate that we get poorer care from the less likeable doctors. In fact, if we want to feel free to sue (or comfortable about suing) a doctor if we in fact suffer harm at their hands, perhaps we should choose doctors we DON'T like so that we won't feel any complicating compunctions."
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