'The future ain't what it used to be' - Reflections on the evolution of anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 470-473

  Goldhill, D R ^a   Waldmann, C S ^b   Soni, N ^c  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

CRITICAL CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84859802631     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07138.x     Document Type: Editorial

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