Communication in the ICU: An essential component of patient care

Journal of Critical Illness

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 451-456

  Travaline, John M ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to effective communication; Body language; Clinical Conclusions; Common pitfalls; Stress levels associated with delivering and receiving bad news

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0036846384     PISSN: 10400257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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