title: Day surgery: cheap option or challenge to care?
abstract: The tendency for surgery and associated nursing care to become short-stay is driven by so many considerations (of both dubious and desirable kinds) that it may be useful to attempt a little stock-taking on previous patterns of day operating and, by consulting a crystal ball, to consider possible implications for nursing and patient aftercare.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lyon
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D003363:Cost Control; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D010347:Patient Care Planning