Surgery & Palliative Care?

[punkedoutriffs]

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I've found myself increasingly drawn to palliative care and I understand that surgeons are eligible to apply for palliative care fellowships. I was wondering if anyone has any insight on how one might integrate palliative care into their surgical practice.

 

[Winged Scapula]

I've found myself increasingly drawn to palliative care and I understand that surgeons are eligible to apply for palliative care fellowships. I was wondering if anyone has any insight on how one might integrate palliative care into their surgical practice.

Uh...maim and kill a lot of operative patients? 😉

Actually, its not a popular fellowship but it lends itself to a critical care practice or surgical oncology.

 

[punkedoutriffs]

Uh...maim and kill a lot of operative patients? 😉

Not much palliation needed there, I don't think.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Not much palliation needed there, I don't think.

Not with the dead ones, but with the maimed ones I would venture there would be.

 

[punkedoutriffs]

Not with the dead ones, but with the maimed ones I would venture there would be.

Guess one learns how to toe the line through exp?

 

[Winged Scapula]

Guess one learns how to toe the line through exp?

That would be the general expectation with "graduated responsibility" but there are still times when even the experienced surgeon has a patient die, either through "surgical misadventure", patient protoplasm or disease factors.