Understanding uncertainty and minimizing families' anxiety at the time of transfer from intensive care

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-217

  Mitchell, Marion L ^a   Courtney, Mary ^b   Coyer, Fiona ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; General System Theory; Intensive care; Relatives; Transfer; Uncertainty in illness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; BOOK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WARD;

ANXIETY; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0041382758     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2003.00155.x     Document Type: Review

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