Restricted visiting hours in ICUs: Time to change

JAMA

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 736-737

  Berwick, Donald M ^a   Kotagal, Meera ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NOTE; PATIENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POLICY MAKING; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 3843128622     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.6.736     Document Type: Note

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