Early psychological reactions to life-threatening injuries

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 86-92

  Schnyder, Ulrich ^a,b   Mörgeli, Hanspeter ^a   Nigg, Christel ^a   Klaghofer, Richard ^a   Renner, Niklaus ^a   Trentz, Otmar ^a   Buddeberg, Claus ^a  

^a General Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accidents; Critical care; Intensive care units; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychology; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

EID: 0033960506     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200001000-00014     Document Type: Article

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