A description of healthcare providers' perceptions of the needs of significant others in intensive care units in Norway and Sweden

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 228-238

  Takman, Christina ^a   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Healthcare providers' perceptions; Qualitative content analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORWAY; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; SWEDEN; TRUST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORWAY; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TRUST; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 33746283120     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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