Life beyond severe traumatic injury: an integrative review of the literature

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-24

  Halcomb, Elizabeth ^a   Daly, John ^a   Davidson, Patricia ^a,b   Elliott, Doug ^c,d   Griffiths, Rhonda ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Radiation Oncology   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADDICTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE EVENT; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSENTEEISM; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL CARE; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NURSE'S ROLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248644329     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1036-7314(05)80020-7     Document Type: Review

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