TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Approach to the Surgical Patient A1 - Dunphy, J. Englebert A1 - Way, Lawrence W. A2 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2020 T2 - Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 15e AB - The management of surgical disorders requires not only the application of technical skills and training in the basic sciences to the problems of diagnosis and treatment, but also a genuine sympathy, and indeed love, for the patient. The surgeon must be a doctor in the old-fashioned sense: an applied scientist, an engineer, an artist, and a minister to his or her fellow human beings. Because life or death often depends upon the validity of surgical decisions, the surgeon’s judgment must be matched by courage in action and by a high degree of technical proficiency. SN - PB - McGraw Hill LLC CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171273355 ER -