Hong Kong patients' experiences of intensive care after surgery: Nurses' and patients' views

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 290-303

  Wong, Frandia Y K ^a   Arthur, David G ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 0034309130     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/iccn.2000.1515     Document Type: Article

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