When you ask this question you'll get two very specific responses.  Sometimes the patient will indicate they make their own decisions.  Others will tell you they make all their decisions "together."  Guess what?  You can give the presentation of your life, and if the patient doesn't make his or her own decision, you're toast. 

 

There is an abundance of advice that supports the notion that you only get one chance to make a good impression.  Remember that when you make your treatment recommendations.

 

 

* Excerpt from "The Protocol Book"