Sedative Before The Surgery: A Case Study

- Can I get some mild sedative before you start the surgery, said the patient.
- I don't like giving sedatives before such a minor operation, said the physician. It's just a ganglion cyst.
This real dialogue ended with the patient not knowing what to say. In the old days, the patient would perhaps think that the doc knows best.
Today the border between preferences and knowledge is not as blurred as back then. In the case above, the patient knew from the internet that the standards say that one should have been offered sedatives before the operation. From the patient's perspective, it is irrelevant to talk about the physician's