What patients and relatives expect from an intensivist - The Swiss side of a European survey

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 47-51

  Dullenkopf, Alexander ^a   Rothen, Hans U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cobatrlce; Critical care; Intensive care; Physician patient relations; Professional competence; Professional family relations; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RELATIVE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 59149097981     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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