Informed consent in primary care is extremely important because a person primary doctor is the first line of defense for someone who is sick or who may need to see a specialist. Doctors must have an open communication with their patients. I have had a tumor removed from my back. I first went to my primary who said it was just fatty tissue, but referred me to a specialist to have it removed. The specialist told me in detail what he was going to do and he also told me what could possibly go wrong during the surgery. The tumor was removed, tested for cancer and everything was fine. A friend of mine husband had the same issue, the same surgery, but his doctor assumed the tumor was not cancerous just by looking at it and he was wrong. The tumor
