Surgeons' Dilemma: Risks, Comfort Zones & Patient Care
17 Jun 2025 · 0 min
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A short spoken excerpt from a YouTube video (by Robert Whitfield MD) addressing ethical tensions when surgeons counsel patients: surgeons may be tempted to emphasize risks to dissuade patients, especially for operations they do not perform often, but should not malign or exaggerate risks simply because they are uncomfortable with a procedure.
