Caregivers of the chronically critically ill after discharge from the intensive care unit: Six months' experience

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-23

  Choi, JiYeon ^a   Donahoe, Michael P ^b   Zullo, Thomas G ^a   Hoffman, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751549984     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2011243     Document Type: Article

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