title: The individual versus the statistical patient: relationships between treatment of malignant eyelid neoplasms and their "Hosts".
abstract: The essence of the doctor-patient interaction is that of a caring relationship. Too often, our reliance upon data, statistical analysis, and out-come percentages obscure the need for subjective interpretation of each healing interaction in which we are engaged. Awareness and responsiveness, on personal and professional levels, to the intuitive and sacred aspects of the doctor-patient relationship need to be recognized as being as important as the rational and scientific aspects of treatment and management if we are to be healers in the fullest sense.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco 94115, USA.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000628:therapy*; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000628:therapy*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations