ABSTRACT
We are living in a generation when patients are well informed about health. It is not unusual to meet a patient who has done a literature search, scanned the internet, made their own provisional diagnosis and knows what they want from their surgeon. Their understanding may be imperfect, they may have little knowledge of treatment options and outcome, but they already have some information and they want more [1], They also want to be involved in making decisions about their management [2].
