Surgical and Perioperative Palliative Care: Updates from 2019 (FR401)

Seriously ill patients with surgical problems face significant symptom burden, prognostic uncertainty, and complex decisions, and therefore warrant palliative care that is responsive to their surgical and perioperative needs. The core principles of surgery and anesthesiology closely mirror those of palliative care, and the intersection between them is increasingly reflected in the annual volume of emerging research. Examples include communication skills training for surgical providers, embedded inpatient and outpatient surgical palliative care programs, and preoperative advance care planning interventions.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research