Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 167-180 , June 2006

Communication interaction in ICU—Patient and staff experiences and perceptions

,Accepted 29 September 2005.

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PII: S0964-3397(05)00132-1

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2005.09.009

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 167-180 , June 2006

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