The importance of word choice in the care of critically ill patients and their families

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 606-608

  Curtis, J Randall ^a   Sprung, Charles L ^b   Azoulay, Elie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEPRESSION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEPTIC SHOCK; TERMINAL CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOLOGY;

CRITICAL CARE; FAMILY; LANGUAGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84898875928     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-3201-8     Document Type: Article

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