How your doctor describes your medical condition can encourage you to say ‘yes’ to surgery when there are other options

How your doctor describes your medical condition can encourage you to say ‘yes’ to surgery when there are other options – The Conversation

Original study: Diagnostic Labels for Rotator Cuff Disease Can Increase People’s Perceived Need for Shoulder Surgery: An Online Randomized Controlled Experiment – Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy

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Labels for rotator cuff disease influence management preferences

People told they had a rotator cuff tear had higher perceived need for shoulder surgery than those told they have bursitis

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— Joshua Zadro (@zadro_josh) April 1, 2021