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Deciding whether or not to undergo surgery is a personal choice, and deaf people should not be judged for the decision they make.
When decisions – like whether or not to undergo a test – involve uncertainty, human beings care not just about statistical odds, but also about the potential for regret.
The play takes place on a single day in Feynman's Caltech office in 1986 as the physicist, then 68, wrestles with whether or not to undergo a dangerous cancer operation (he died of the disease in 1988).
Instead, if the filter is given only by the dose threshold (and perhaps age), the patient can, based on his subjective characteristics, decide freely and consciously if his personalised risk is acceptable and whether or not to undergo the imaging exam, even considering the proposed alternatives [5, 6].
Whether or not to undergo surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and whether to have open or endovascular repair (EVAR), is a complex decision that relies heavily on patient preferences, and yet little is known about the patient perspective on informed consent in this context.
… A death in Tropeano's family has delayed his decision on whether or not to undergo surgery.
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Women awaiting abdominal hysterectomy have a further decision to take whether or not to undergo a prophylactic oophorectomy.
The quote below is from the perspective of a primary care physician, discussing how important the family is to the patient when deciding whether or not to consult or undergo screening.
"Choice as to whether or not to reveal having undergone any medical treatment, in circumstances where it is irrelevant, is a civil right available to other citizens.
Patients who are not sure whether or not they wish to undergo these treatments are likely to be more interested in knowing about the risks, than those who have already made the decision.
The first principle concerns respecting patient autonomy and agency, whereby people are free to choose whether or not they undergo screening and are provided with information (on the harms as well as the benefits) to make an informed choice.
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