New York Times Publishes Letters to the Editor Debating Who Should Provide Anesthesia Care

The New York Times has published a few letters to the editor discussing the publication’s editorial column “Who Should Provide Anesthesia Care?” which centers around the ongoing debate about whether a CRNA can deliver anesthetics without the supervision of anesthesiologist.

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The letters come from Alexander Hannenberg, president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists; Catherine L. Gilliss, president of the American Academy of Nursing; Harry H. Bird, professor emeritus of anesthesiology at Dartmouth Medical School past president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists; and anesthesiologist Andrew Gorlin.

 

Read The New York Times letters to the editors about the anesthesia debate.

 

Read more about the anesthesia debate:

 

AMA Calls Study of CRNAs as Sole Provider of Anesthesia Services “Flawed”

 

ASA President Offers 6 Observations on Study of CRNAs as Sole Provider of Anesthesia Services

 

ASA President Offers 7 Reasons to Question Anesthesia Cost-Containment Study

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