"It's Not Us Versus Them": Building Cross-Disciplinary Relationships in the Perioperative Period
A study in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management details how palliative care interventions improve quality outcomes for surgical patients, yet they are underutilized in the perioperative period. Developing cross-disciplinary provider relationships between palliative care and surgeons increases palliative care consults, however, the attributes of these relationships and how they evolve are unclear.