Why are they all so keen on communication?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2435-2436

  Rusinova, Katerina ^a   Simek, Jiri ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

bundles; communication; intensive care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY; FAMILY COPING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERSONAL VALUE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84884827612     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31829cb278     Document Type: Editorial

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