Experiences of partners of intensive care survivors and their need for support after intensive care.
Background: When a relative with a critical illness is admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU), it can be a life‐changing event for the partner. There is a lack of studies that focus on the partners' experiences of the time after intensive care. Aims and objectives: The aim of this study was to exp...
| Publicado en: | Nursing in Critical Care Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 245 - 253 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jul2020
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