Conflicts between healthcare professionals and families of a multi-ethnic patient population during critical care: An ethnographic study

Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Van Keer, Rose Lima ^a   Deschepper, Reginald ^a   Francke, Anneke L ^b   Huyghens, Luc ^c   Bilsen, Johan ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Communication; Communication barriers; Conflict; Cultural diversity; End of life decision making; Ethnic minorities; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 84951822268     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-015-1158-4     Document Type: Article

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