Diaries written for ICU patients

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 893-901

  Roulin, Marie José ^a   Hurst, Samia ^a,b   Spirig, Rebecca ^c,d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Critical illness; Diaries; Intensive care units; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NARRATIVE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STORYTELLING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34548177251     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307303304     Document Type: Article

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