Are counseling services necessary for surgical patients and their family members during hospitalization?
Highlights the components and potential importance of preadmission counseling for surgical patients and their families.
Are Counseling Services Necessary for the Surgical Patients and their Family Members during Hospitalization? neurosurgeon. Preadmission counseling session covers reasons for admission, importance of surgical interventions, hospital rules, hospital timings (breakfast, lunch, dinner, visiting hours, ward round, number of persons allowed), existing wards (general wards, special wards, its charges), importance of caregiver role during hospitalization, resources available in the hospital (medical shops, leisure and spiritual places, canteens), who is the treating physician or treating team, expected treatment expenditure, and role of each member of multidisciplinary team.
Raju et al. (Tue,) studied this question.