Inappropriate care in European ICUs: Confronting views from nurses and junior and senior physicians

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Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 267-275

  Piers, Ruth D ^a   Azoulay, Elie ^b   Ricou, Bara ^c   Ganz, Freda DeKeyser ^d   Max, Adeline ^b   Michalsen, Andrej ^e   Maia, Paulo Azevedo ^f   Owczuk, Radoslaw ^g   Rubulotta, Francesca ^h   Meert, Anne Pascale ⁱ   Reyners, Anna K ^j   Decruyenaere, Johan ^a   Benoit, Dominique D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics   (Germany)

^f HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^h CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEIVED INAPPROPRIATE CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84905639832     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-0256     Document Type: Article

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