Commentary: Drugs in the peri-operative period

In this issue, we publish the concluding article in our series on prescribing during the peri-operative period.1–4 We were persuaded by our advisers that this was a crucial, but largely neglected area of healthcare in which advice was desperately needed. Moreover, it is an area where successful management inevitably relies on prescribing partnerships, but where policies based on a team approach have not been seriously addressed. The series tackled in detail …