Anaesthesia perioperative care storybooks

Effective communication is an essential part of providing high quality care.

The Anaesthesia Perioperative Care Network interviewed people to find out about their experiences with surgery and general anaesthesia.

The storybooks are intended to foster better conversations between patients, carers and clinicians. There are stories from both patients and clinicians.

How to use the storybooks

Please read each storyboard and the questions that follow it. While the stories are the same, the reflection questions are different in each of the books.

• Understand some of the key issues confronting people who undergo general anaesthesia.
• Reflect on your current attitudes and practices and consider how you can improve your communication skills.