Believe it or not, this is a Q related to my JOB. i work for a medical education company [and i won't torture you with the details]. among other things, we run live meetings with faculty who talk with an audience and there are questions/answers and discussions. and so on and so on [and before anyone jumps on me - this is ACCME-accredited medical education - entirely evidence based].
anyway, i'm going through the Qs asked in a recent meeting that featured about 3 hours of bariatric surgery. and one of the Qs amused me - then surprised me - then annoyed me, and i wanted your reaction to it:
does the patient decide which surgery will be done, or does the doc evaluate the patient and will decide which one is right?
there was no discussion of this Q, so i can't tell you anything about what the group of docs said. How would you prefer that this process go?