The intensive care unit: Experiences of patients, families, and their nurses

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-101

  Cypress, Brigitte S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Families of critically ill patients; Phenomenological research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77249122613     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCC.0b013e3181c9311a     Document Type: Article

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