Empowerment in intensive care: Patient experiences compared to next of kin and staff beliefs

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 332-340

  Wåhlin, Ingrid ^a,b   Ek, Anna Christina ^b   Idvall, Ewa ^b,c  

^a Kalmar Hospital   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Kalmar County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Comparison; Critical care; Patient; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 71649098129     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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