Outcomes of a Comprehensive Patient and Family-Centered Program in an Adult Intensive Care Unit

Background: Intensive care unit (ICU) admission is often life threatening, and may cause severe anxiety within the family system. Anxiety can impair decision-making ability. A majority of ICU patients cannot direct their own treatment; therefore, family members are often required to make major dec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baning, Karla M.
Other Authors: Wung, Shu-Fen
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2012
Subjects:
ICU
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/228151