Family satisfaction with intensive care unit care: Influenced by workload, staffing, and patient selection? [2]

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1597-1598

  Polderman, Kees H ^a   Girbes, Armand R J ^a   Van Zanten, Arthur R H ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0038581102     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000065670.90363.7C     Document Type: Letter

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