How to improve communication quality with patients and relatives in the ICU

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 797-803

  Warrillow, Stephen ^a,b   Farley, K J ^c   Jones, Daryl ^a,b,d  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Family; Intensive care units; Patients

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEPRESSION; FAMILY STRESS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RELATIVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; ANXIETY; FAMILY; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANXIETY; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84979928396     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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