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Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine 12/2013

01.12.2013 | Editorial

Re-visiting visiting hours

verfasst von: Mitchell M. Levy, Daniel De Backer

Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine | Ausgabe 12/2013

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For a long time, intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians (physicians, nurses, and other clinical disciplines in the ICU) behaved as though critical care units were designed for them, rather than for patients and their loved ones. Across the globe, in every ICU regardless of discipline or location, determining appropriate visiting hours is a challenge [13]. The study in this issue of Intensive Care Medicine by Giannini and colleagues [4] suggests that there is a willingness on the part of clinicians to provide enhanced benefits to patients and their loved ones by making more time available for family visits. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Re-visiting visiting hours
verfasst von
Mitchell M. Levy
Daniel De Backer
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2013
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Intensive Care Medicine / Ausgabe 12/2013
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-013-3119-1

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