For sick, elderly patients, surgical decision making ‘takes a village’
Surgical decision making for sick, elderly patients should be orchestrated by a multidisciplinary team, including the patient, his or her family, the surgeon, primary care physician, nurses and non-clinicians, such as social workers, advocates Laurent G. Glance, M.D., in a perspective piece published. For this group of patients, surgery can be very risky. Glance, professor […]
