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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rumei Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-03-01
Series:Global Qualitative Nursing Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393616631677