One-day quantitative cross-sectional study of family information time in 90 intensive care units in France

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 177-183

  Fassier, Thomas ^a   Darmon, Michel ^a   Laplace, Christian ^a   Chevret, Sylvie ^a   Schlemmer, Benoit ^a   Pochard, Frédéric ^a   Azoulay, Elie ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Communication skills; End of life; Ethics; Evaluation; FAMIREA; Mechanical ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME MANAGEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 33845922658     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000249834.26847.BE     Document Type: Article

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