Cameron is known for her honesty, sincerity, idealism and strong ethical center. She is hyperopic and an atheist. According to the New York Times she plays "Jane Eyre to House’s Edward Rochester."
Cameron objects to House’s reliance on deceiving their patients and has gone head-to-head with him several times on the issue. She has also been reluctant to deliver bad news to patients or their families.Nonetheless, she is effective at gaining patients’ trust and their consent to diagnostic procedures, in contrast to House’s strong-arm methods.