How the relationships between general practitioners and intensivists can be improved: The general practitioners' point of view

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Etesse, Bérengère ^a   Jaber, Samir ^b   Mura, Thibault ^a   Leone, Marc ^c   Constantin, Jean Michel ^d   Michelet, Pierre ^e   Zoric, Lana ^a   Capdevila, Xavier ^f   Malavielle, François ^a   Allaouchiche, Bernard ^g   Orban, Jean Christophe ^h   Fabbro Peray, Pascale ^a   Lefrant, Jean Yves ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^e HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^f LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h University Hospital of Nice University of Nice Sophia Antipolis   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; TRAINING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; FRANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77953353171     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9061     Document Type: Article

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