"It's parallel universes": An analysis of communication between surgeons and intensivists

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2147-2154

  Haas, Barbara ^a,b   Conn, Lesley Gotlib ^c   Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^a,c   Scales, Damon ^a,c   Amaral, Andre C ^a,c   Ferguson, Niall D ^a,d   Nathens, Avery B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Canada   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Consultants; Critical Care; Intensive care units; Qualitative research; Surgeons

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; E-MAIL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERMINAL CARE; TEXT MESSAGING; EVALUATION STUDY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; SURGERY;

CRITICAL CARE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84941885097     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001187     Document Type: Article

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