Periop Medicine SIG18 | Frailty: the elephant in the operating room

"Perioperative shared decision making, does it exist?" - this engaging and provocative talk challenges perioperative practitioners to consider the realities of the life choices being made, sometimes at the bedside. The book mentioned at the end of the talk is available here: https://www.amazon.com/Letting-Go-plan-good-death-ebook/dp/B0798255H9 Presented by Charlie Corke, Associate Professor, Senior Intensive Care Specialist, Barwon Health. -- Brought to you by the Perioperative Medicine Special Interest Group (SIG) in association with the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine and the Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand at the 7th annual Australasian Symposium of Perioperative Medicine. The Perioperative Medicine Special Interest Group (SIG) has three aims; improve patient safety and outcomes, share knowledge and collaborate with specialty groups, develop the specialty of perioperative medicine with various craft groups. For more information follow this link here: http://www.anzca.edu.au/fellows/special-interest-groups/perioperative-medicine