The healing power of listening in the ICU

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 513-515

  Lilly, Craig M ^a   Daly, Barbara J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; WELLBEING;

EID: 33846670730     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe068253     Document Type: Editorial

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