Public awareness of the anesthesiology specialty is inadequate, highlighting a need for better patient education by practitioners and national societies.
The public's awareness regarding the role of anesthesiologists seems to be inadequate. To improve this awareness, in hospitals, each anesthesiologist should provide patients with more exact and detailed information. Simultaneously, the National Society of Anesthesiology should provide systematic information reflecting the public's thoughts.
Lee et al. (2014) studied this question.