Communication with family members of patients dying in the intensive care unit

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 545-550

  Azoulay, Elie ^a   Pochard, Frédéric ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DYING; FAMILY; FAMILY COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW;

COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0344254654     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200312000-00014     Document Type: Review

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