Quick Tip: Keep the patient in mind when evaluating benefit-risk
Benefits of a medical device, or a surgical procedure, must outweigh the risks. However, this judgement is made by each patient.
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LTR14: The most important question for risk management: who is taking the risk?
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In this episode, Adam Saltman reminds us to not consider risk as an absolute concept; rather think about it in the context of the end user or the patient who is being asked to take the risk in return for a benefit to their health.