The desirability of an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Clinician-Led Bereavement Screening and Support Program for Family Members of ICU Decedents (ICU Bereave)

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 311.e9-311.e16

  Downar, James ^a   Barua, Reeta ^b   Sinuff, Tasnim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjustment disorders; Bereavement; Caregivers; Grief; Health surveys; Intensive care unit; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPY;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896891874     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.11.024     Document Type: Article

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