Unrecognized contributions of families in the intensive care unit

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1097-1101

  McAdam, Jennifer L ^a   Arai, Shoshana ^a   Puntillo, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; End of life care; Family; Family experiences; Family roles; Intensive care units

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROLE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 46149126148     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1066-z     Document Type: Article

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