title: The physician-patient as an informed consumer of surgical services.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001062:Appendectomy; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000601:surgery; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D010361:Patients; D010820:Physicians; D010822:Physicians, Women; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014481:United States