My approach to patient care is based on several principles:

Empowerment
I want to make sure that the patient has a thorough understanding of the problem and all the options – including their advantages and disadvantages. Knowledge is power. I want each patient to feel comfortable making decisions about their care based on a good understanding of their problem rather than being told what to do.

Team Work
The patient is a whole person with complex situations (work, family etc.) and I try to take the whole person and their environment into account instead of looking at the patient as a body part to be treated (the femur fracture in room 232). I also try to include family, primary care and other members of a treatment team. Open communication with other members of the health care team (therapists, other MDs, nurses etc) is standard procedure for me.

Honesty
I am not in the business of selling surgeries or services. I will never make a medical decision because it makes good business sense.