Responding to families' questions about the meaning of physical movements in critically ill patients

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 565-571

  Engelberg, Ruth A ^a   Wenrich, Marjorie D ^a   Curtis, J Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinician family communication; Critically ill patient; Family

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMOTION; FAMILY; FAMILY SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFLEX; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 56949096138     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.12.018     Document Type: Article

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