Jerome Groopman, a New Yorker writer and bestselling author, is an oncologist who guides his patients through life-or-death decisions. Pamela Hartzband is a noted endocrinologist and educator at Harvard Medical School who helps patients make critical decisions about their longterm health. As patients, the authors have very different preferences, yet they are united when conveying their book’s groundbreaking message: we can cut through the confusion and arrive at decisions that serve us best.