Why give patients three treatment options instead of just recommending one? Because the moment you hand someone a single take-it-or-leave-it recommendation, you have cornered them, and cornered people get defensive. A patient who feels no room to choose will protect themselves by saying no. So I always lay out three real paths. Stabilize and buy time. Go to complete care. Or do nothing at all. That third one is real, and some patients will pick it, and that is their right. Giving the full set does two things. It respects that the decision is theirs, which is the heart of ethical [...]