ICU nurses and physicians dialogue regarding patients clinical status and care options—a focus group study
Nurses and physicians work side-by-side in the intensive care unit (ICU). Effective exchanges of patient information are essential to safe patient care in the ICU. Nurses often rate nurse-physician communication lower than physicians and report that it is difficult to speak up, that disagreements ar...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2017-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2016.1267346 |