You are assuming the patient has complete information. If actually true, I would agree. What is "complete information"? Do the doctors offer the statistics t

You are assuming the patient has complete information. If actually true, I would agree. What is "complete information"? Do the doctors offer the statistics that the treatment is not 25% effective, that by American medical treatment norms chemo is 75% worse than useless and of the remaining 25% many will still die? The patients are scared. Doctors are playing on those fears, acting on the assumption that fast and aggressive treatment is the wisest course all the time. The patients are reacting out of fear, not getting second opinions, and are hurried into the operating table to be cut open. That is the norm. I have seen it happen. It is my personal opinion that, no, most doctors are not offering complete information. So your argument, while reasonable, simply does not apply.