Psychosocial recovery following ICU: Experiences and influences upon discharge to the community

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 6-15

  Maddox, Marie ^a   Dunn, Sandra V ^a   Pretty, Leigh E ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0035257359     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/iccn.2000.1536     Document Type: Article

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