Squats, spinach, and soul: considering disparities in prehabilitation medicine before programmatic implementation

Gianni R Lorello^{1

2

3

4

5}, Su-Yin MacDonell^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto Western Hospital - University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. gianni.lorello@uhn.ca.
² Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. gianni.lorello@uhn.ca.
³ The Wilson Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada. gianni.lorello@uhn.ca.
⁴ Women's College Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada. gianni.lorello@uhn.ca.
⁵ University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, McL2-435, Toronto, ON, M5T 2S8, Canada. gianni.lorello@uhn.ca.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁷ Department of Anesthesia, St. Paul's Hospital/Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Editorial

Gianni R Lorello et al. Can J Anaesth. 2024 Dec.

. 2024 Dec;71(12):1606-1611.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-024-02876-1. Epub 2024 Nov 19.

Gianni R Lorello^{1

2

3

4

5}, Su-Yin MacDonell^{6

7}

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto Western Hospital - University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. gianni.lorello@uhn.ca.
² Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. gianni.lorello@uhn.ca.
³ The Wilson Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada. gianni.lorello@uhn.ca.
⁴ Women's College Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada. gianni.lorello@uhn.ca.
⁵ University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, McL2-435, Toronto, ON, M5T 2S8, Canada. gianni.lorello@uhn.ca.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁷ Department of Anesthesia, St. Paul's Hospital/Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

No abstract available

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