Need for operative intervention, as opposed to the decision to operate, can be objectively defined and determined prospectively or retrospectively.
That anxiety begins long before surgery, with the decision to operate in the first place, which could easily be wrong.
It also raises questions about who takes the decision to operate the brake and for how long.
(Andrews prescribed a six- to eight-week rehabilitation program for Harvey earlier this week that would precede any decision to operate).
But he said he had no doubt that the difficult conversations that should precede a decision to operate all too often never occurred.
"Although in that individual, things may not have worked out, you have no insight into whether the decision to operate was appropriate".
And why you have taken a decision to operate in a high-risk part of the world with a high-risk partner?
2. Learn about a controversial decision to operate on conjoined twins by reading and discussing the article "2 Women, 2 Deaths and an Ethical Quandary".
A spokeswoman for the trust said: "Before we make any decision to operate on a patient we look at each case on an individual basis.
The decision to operate came after Abraham visited an abdominal specialist, Dr. William Meyers of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester.
W. Leo Kiely III, Molson's chief executive, left, said the decision to operate Kaiser at "at least a cash break-even pace" was intended to minimize financial risk to the parent company.
