New Role for the Anesthesia Preoperative Clinic: Helping to Ensure That Surgery Is the Right Choice for Patients With Serious Illness

MeSH terms

• Anesthesia*
• Anesthesiologists / psychology*
• Attitude of Health Personnel*
• Clinical Decision-Making
• Communication*
• Decision Making, Shared
• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
• Humans
• Informed Consent
• Patient Participation
• Patient Selection
• Perioperative Care / methods*
• Physician's Role*
• Physician-Patient Relations*
• Quality of Life
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Factors
• Surgical Clearance