Half the family members of intensive care unit patients do not want to share in the decision-making process: A study in 78 French intensive care units

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1832-1838

  Azoulay, Élie ^a   Pochard, Frédéric ^a   Chevret, Sylvie ^a   Adrie, Christophe ^a   Annane, Djilali ^a   Bleichner, Gérard ^a   Bornstain, Caroline ^a   Bouffard, Yves ^a   Cohen, Yves ^a   Feissel, Marc ^a   Goldgran Toledano, Dany ^a   Guitton, Christophe ^a   Hayon, Jan ^a   Iglesias, Esther ^a   Joly, Luc Marie ^a   Jourdain, Mercé ^a   Laplace, Christian ^a   Lebert, Christine ^a   Pingat, Juliette ^a   Poisson, Catherine ^a   Renault, Anne ^a   Sanchez, Olivier ^a   Selcer, Dominique ^a   Timsit, Jean François ^a   Le Gall, Jean Roger ^a   Schlemmer, Benoît ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Comprehension; Decisions; Depression; Information; Involvement; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4444310142     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000139693.88931.59     Document Type: Review

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