Implementing family communication pathway in neurosurgical patients in an intensive care unit

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 961-967

  Kodali, Sashikanth ^a   Stametz, Rebecca ^a   Clarke, Deserae ^a   Bengier, Amanda ^a   Sun, Haiyan ^b   Layon, A J ^b   Darer, Jonathan ^a  

^a GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Checklist for communication; Clinical reengineering; Family conference; Intensive care unit (ICU); Multidisciplinary teams

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHECKLIST; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHECKLIST; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84946473710     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951514000650     Document Type: Article

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