title: From the other end of the needle. The patient's experience of routine anaesthesia.
abstract: During a single 5 day working week a series of adult National Health patients undergoing general anaesthesia for routine surgery at a District General Hospital were interviewed on the day following the anaesthetic. The experiences of anaesthesia, and their opinions of their anaesthetists are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000592:standards*; D001290:Attitude; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires