Newspapers assume that people can read a grade 5 or 6 level. I think that the general population, to be quite frank, is not smart enough to engage in that discussion. Physicians quite frankly don't have the time to educate people, even in the basics that they would have to know. That sounds really paternalistic, and I should probably apologize for that, but I just can't see that as being workable. That is one of those areas where providers have to make decisions on behalf of their patients, and the patients have to trust their providers to make those decisions in good faith. (06OTM)