Survey into bereavement of family members of patients who died in the intensive care unit

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 215-225

  van der Klink, Marjoleine A ^a,b   Heijboer, Liza ^a,b   Hofhuis, José G M ^a   Hovingh, Aly ^a   Rommes, Johannes H ^a   Westerman, Marjan J ^b   Spronk, Peter E ^a,c  

^a GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HERMES Critical Care Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Death; ICU; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 77954816864     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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