Accompanying critically ill relatives in emergency departments

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-98

  Redley, Bernice ^a   Beanland, Christine ^b   Botti, Mari ^b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Emergency department; Family needs; Nurses; Research methodology; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

CRITICAL CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 0142214417     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02771.x     Document Type: Review

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