Helping at the bedside: Spouses' preferences for helping critically ill patients

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 307-321

  Eldredge, Deborah ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Caregiving; Family; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COOPERATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; SPOUSE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GOALS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPOUSES; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 7244230009     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20033     Document Type: Article

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