Department of Surgery, Palliative Care Consultation Service, UPMC Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA, USA.
Surg Clin North Am. 2011 Apr;91(2):277-92, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2011.01.002.
Palliation has been an essential, if not the primary, activity of surgery during much of its history. However, it has been only during the past decade that the modern principles and practices of palliative care developed in the nonsurgical specialties in the United States and abroad have been introduced to surgical institutions, widely varied practice settings, education, and research.
在外科的大部分历史中,缓解治疗一直是必不可少的(如果不是主要的话)活动。然而,直到过去十年,美国和国外的非外科专业才发展出现代的姑息治疗原则和实践,并将其引入外科机构、各种不同的实践环境、教育和研究中。