RT Journal
A1 Redberg RF
T1 JUst listen and think comment on “what the surgeon should have said to my patient with thin malignant melanoma”
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2012
FD June 25
VO 172
IS 12
SP 908
OP 908
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1930
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1930
AB 
One of the most difficult challenges for physicians in 2012 is not suggesting another test or procedure, even when not having one is what is best for our patients. Every incentive in our system is to do something. We get paid more for doing more, pharmaceutical and device companies encourage us to use their wares, we often must meet procedure volume standards to maintain excellence designations, and patients have come to expect “something.” But before doing any test or procedure, we need to consider if it has a significant clinical benefit for our patient. If not, the time could be better used for thinking and talking.