Challenging family dialogues within the intensive care unit: An intensivist's perspective

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 354-356

  Halpern, Neil A ^a,b   Raoof, Nina D ^a   Voigt, Louis P ^a   Pastores, Stephen M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenge; Communication; Conference; Conversation; Critical care medicine; Dialogues; Family members; Intensive care unit; Listening; Quotation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY STRESS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 51549092502     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.335     Document Type: Article

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