Communication About Chronic Critical Illness | Zendy

Judith E. Nelson | Zendy; Alice Mercado | Zendy; Sharon L. Camhi | Zendy; Nidhi Tandon | Zendy; Sylvan Wallenstein | Zendy; Gary I. August | Zendy; R. Sean Morrison | Zendy

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Communication About Chronic Critical Illness

Author(s) -

Judith E. Nelson,

Alice Mercado,

Sharon L. Camhi,

Nidhi Tandon,

Sylvan Wallenstein,

Gary I. August,

R. Sean Morrison

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.167.22.2509

Subject(s) - critical illness , medicine , intensive care medicine , critically ill

Despite poor outcomes, life-sustaining treatments including mechanical ventilation are continued for a large and growing population of patients with chronic critical illness. This may be owing in part to a lack of understanding resulting from inadequate communication between clinicians and patients and families. Our objective was to investigate the informational needs of patients with chronic critical illness and their families and the extent to which these needs are met.

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