title: [Surgical patients and their anxieties].
abstract: This study aims at giving theoretical aspects of the anxiety and discussing about the difficulty faced by nurses to evaluate the emotional state of the patient, considering that the theoretical basis of the nurse is not enough to interfere in this situation.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Médico-Cirúrgica, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peniche A de
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Chaves
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology* / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000523:psychology*