{"title":"Psychological Considerations","authors":"Harold Maxwell","doi":"10.1016/S0261-9881(21)00026-4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Many patients may have undisclosed fears and apprehensions about their proposed anaesthetic. Recognition of these by the anaesthetist is an essential part of the preoperative visit. An appreciation of any previously traumatic anaesthetic experience will usually allow such anxiety to be allayed by sympathetic counselling.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100281,"journal":{"name":"Clinics in Anaesthesiology","volume":"4 3","pages":"Pages 473-479"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1986-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261988121000264/pdf?md5=61ba4d69a71ad6fd5a9ace68d520d198&pid=1-s2.0-S0261988121000264-main.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Clinics in Anaesthesiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261988121000264","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Many patients may have undisclosed fears and apprehensions about their proposed anaesthetic. Recognition of these by the anaesthetist is an essential part of the preoperative visit. An appreciation of any previously traumatic anaesthetic experience will usually allow such anxiety to be allayed by sympathetic counselling.