Managing intensive care units: Make LOVE, not war!

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359.e9-359.e12

  Carlet, Jean ^a   Garrouste Orgeas, Maité ^a,d   Dumay, Marie Françoise ^a   Diaw, Fredérique ^a   Guidet, Bertrand ^b   Timsit, Jean François ^c,d   Misset, Benoit ^a,e  

^a SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical governance; Culture; Evaluation; Intensive care unit; Leadership; Love; Organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77953290978     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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