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Intensive care units: a systemic perspective
Author(s) -
Bennun Ian
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6427.00106
Subject(s) - intensive care , perspective (graphical) , intensive care medicine , medicine , psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence
There are no systemic accounts of Intensive Care Units (ICUs) nor is there much to guide the systemic therapist working within these units. This paper attempts to develop an analysis of ICUs and proposes two working models describing the various levels at which the therapist can intervene.