Learned helplessness among families and surrogate decision-makers of patients admitted to medical, surgical, and trauma ICUs

Chest

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1440-1446

  Sullivan, Donald R ^a   Liu, Xinggang ^b   Corwin, Douglas S ^b   Verceles, Avelino C ^b   McCurdy, Michael T ^b   Pate, Drew A ^b   Davis, Jennifer M ^b   Netzer, Giora ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS SCALE; LIVING WILL; MALE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SPOUSE; SURROGATE DECISION MAKER; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 84870582880     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-0112     Document Type: Article

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