The use of diaries in psychological recovery from intensive care

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Aitken, Leanne M ^a,b   Rattray, Janice ^c   Hull, Alastair ^d   Kenardy, Justin A ^e   Le Brocque, Robyne ^e   Ullman, Amanda J ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d PERTH ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVALESCENCE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; CRITICAL CARE; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84890708291     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc13164     Document Type: Review

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