Dependency in Critically Ill Patients
By necessity, critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) have a high level of dependency, which is linked to a variety of negative feelings, such as powerlessness. However, the term dependency is not well defined in the critically ill patients. The concept of “dependency” in cri...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2016-03-01
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Series: | Global Qualitative Nursing Research |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393616631677 |