{"text":"My father, for whose skills as a surgeon I have the deepest respect, says, 'The operation with the best outcome is the one you decide not to do.' Knowing when not to operate, knowing when I am in over my head, knowing when to call for the assistance of a surgeon of my father's caliber--that kind of talent, that kind of 'brilliance,' goes unheralded.","author":"Abraham Verghese","tags":["doctors","healing","medicine","surgeon"],"id":6251,"author_id":"Abraham+Verghese"}