title: Epilepsy neurosurgery: a patient's perspective.
abstract: Contemplation of epilepsy neurosurgery for a patient with lifetime epilepsy poses difficult decisions and can be quite fearful. As epileptologists, we often do not appreciate the degree of patients' concerns, especially whether quality of life could be worsened by surgical complications. In this poem, a patient lyrically describes this dilemma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 125 Paterson Street, Suite #2200, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA. kaufmakr@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Kenneth R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D004827:Epilepsy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D011037:Poetry as Topic; D011612:Psychosurgery / Q000523:psychology*; D012803:Sick Role