title: Surgical palliative care: recent trends and developments.
abstract: Palliation has been an essential, if not the primary, activity of surgery during much of its history. However, it has been only during the past decade that the modern principles and practices of palliative care developed in the nonsurgical specialties in the United States and abroad have been introduced to surgical institutions, widely varied practice settings, education, and research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Palliative Care Consultation Service, UPMC Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA 16505, USA. gpdunn1@earthlink.net
authors.forename: Geoffrey P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000639:trends*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative