Reappraisal of visiting policies and procedures of patient’s family information in 188 French ICUs: a report of the Outcomerea Research Group

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Garrouste Orgeas, Maité ^a,b,h   Vinatier, Isabelle ^c   Tabah, Alexis ^d,e   Misset, Benoit ^f   Timsit, Jean François ^a,b,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b OUTCOMEREA Organization   (France)

^c Les Oudaries Hospital   (France)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

^g BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^h SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Access to information; Family; Family information meeting; ICU; Information to family; Post intensive care syndrome; Visiting policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; WAITING ROOM;

EID: 84983735420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13613-016-0185-x     Document Type: Article

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