Help patients and families understand their situation and actively participate in care

Nursing Critical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 22-27

  Ingram, Racquel ^a   Kautz, Donald D ^b  

^a School of Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REHABILITATION CARE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84867211155     PISSN: 1558447X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCN.0000415831.85364.cb     Document Type: Article

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