Nurse-physician collaboration in intensive care units

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 641-642

  Baggs, Judith G ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Cooperative behavior; Critical care; Critical illness; End of life care; Intensive care units; Nurse physician relations; Physician nurse relations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORKER; TERMINAL CARE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS;

EID: 33846416207     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000254039.89589.99     Document Type: Editorial

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