'One patient amongst many': A qualitative analysis of intensive care unit patients' experiences of transferring to the general ward

Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Field, Kate ^a   Prinjha, Suman ^a   Rowan, Kathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD; ANXIETY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 40549116332     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc6795     Document Type: Article

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