title: Sori tumas: the decision not to treat.
abstract: I am convinced that one of the most important and difficult aspects of the work on a specialist surgeon in Papua New Guinea, is knowing when not to treat conditions that would be enthusiastically treated in other countries. Most of our patients would rather die at home than in hospital, and they appreciate and can accept an honest assessment of their prognosis.
mesh_terms: D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000628:therapy; D018579:Patient Selection; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013727:Terminal Care; D028761:Withholding Treatment