%0 Journal Article %T Perioperative communication practices of anesthesiologists: A need to introspect and change %A Jennyl Maclean %A M. Ravishankar %A S. Parthasarathy %A Sameer Mahamud Jahagirdar %A Umesh Kumar Athiraman %A V. R. Hemanth Kumar %J Archive of "Anesthesia, Essays and Researches". %D 2016 %R 10.4103/0259-1162.167848 %X We conducted an audit of various communication practices during perioperative care among anesthesiology resident (R), faculties (F), and private practitioners (PP) in South India. We also documented the level of psycho-social support given to the patient and patient relatives and communication with the surgical colleagues during perioperative care %K Anesthesiologist %K communication %K patient anxiety %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4864671/