Family Engagement Regarding the Critically Ill Patient Journal Article
| Authors: | Weaver, J. L.; Bradley, C. T.; Brasel, K. J. |
| Article Title: | Family Engagement Regarding the Critically Ill Patient |
| Abstract: | The Institute of Medicine strongly recommends a health care system that supports family members. Nowhere is the need for family-centered care greater than with critically ill patients. Simplistically, family-centered care is primarily about communication. Unfortunately, family perception of communication in the intensive care unit (ICU) is quite poor. This article reviews some strategies to improve communication, including family meetings and family presence at resuscitation. It also highlights some of the areas within the realm of ICU care in which family engagement is particularly important, including advance directives, end-of-life care, brain death, and organ donation. © 2012. |
| Keywords: | review; palliative care; palliative therapy; sedation; clinical protocol; intensive care; intensive care unit; intensive care units; communication; clinical protocols; psychosocial care; interpersonal communication; terminal care; end-of-life care; decision making; analgesia; family meeting; professional-family relations; family decision making; resuscitation; resuscitation orders; family; neurologic examination; artificial ventilation; critical illness; critically ill patient; advance directives; organ donor; sedative agent; family functioning; living will; family centered care; directive counseling; critically ill patients; family-centered care; brain death; tissue and organ procurement |
| Journal Title: | Surgical Clinics of North America |
| Volume: | 92 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| ISSN: | 0039-6109 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2012-12-01 |
| Start Page: | 1637 |
| End Page: | 1647 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.suc.2012.08.004 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 23153887 |
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| Notes: | --- - "Export Date: 3 December 2012" - "CODEN: SCNAA" - "Source: Scopus" |
