RT Book, Section A1 Dunphy, J. Englebert A1 Way, Lawrence W. A2 Doherty, Gerard M. SR Print(0) ID 1171273355 T1 Approach to the Surgical Patient T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 15e YR 2020 FD 2020 PB McGraw Hill LLC PP New York, NY SN 9781260122213 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171273355 RD 2024/04/18 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.