Nurses' experiences of interactions with family members in intensive care units

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-192

  Söderström, Ing Mari ^a,b   Benzein, Eva ^a   Saveman, Britt Inger ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Families; Family members; Intensive care; Interaction; Interview; Nurses' experience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; NURSE; NURSING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 0038796638     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2003.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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