Danish parents’ experiences when their new born or critically ill small child is transferred to the picu – a qualitative study

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 90-97

  Hall, Elisabeth O C ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Critical care nursing; Critically ill child; Parents; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PARENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PARENTS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 20844433395     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1362-1017.2005.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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