Writing in and reading ICU diaries: qualitative study of families' experience in the ICU.

PURPOSE: Keeping an ICU patient diary has been reported to benefit the patient's recovery. Here, we investigated the families' experience with reading and writing in patient ICU diaries kept by both the family and the staff. METHODS: We conducted a qualitative study involving 32 semi-struc...

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Main Authors: Maité Garrouste-Orgeas, Antoine Périer, Philippe Mouricou, Charles Grégoire, Cédric Bruel, Sandie Brochon, François Philippart, Adeline Max, Benoit Misset
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4199718?pdf=render