Three Reasons Surgeons Make Poor Decisions (Orthopedics This Week)
James G. Wright, M.D., M.P.H., surgeon-in-chief at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, is responsible for six surgical divisions. He has had ample opportunity to study and closely observe how surgeons come to a decision. His conclusion? There is a lot happening at the subconscious level. Dr. Wright, an orthopedic surgeon, tells OTW, “Most of us assume that because we are doing evidence-based medicine that the evidence will actually be used. This is not necessarily so, however, because the surgeon’s decision making proces...
