Family-physician interactions in the intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2323-2328

  Azoulay, Élie ^a   Sprung, Charles L ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Communication; Decision making; Family physician relationship; Intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DYING; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEACHING;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FORECASTING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOCIAL VALUES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 8544247224     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000145950.57614.04     Document Type: Review

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