Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 228-238 , August 2006

A description of healthcare providers’ perceptions of the needs of significant others in intensive care units in Norway and Sweden

  • Christina Takman

      Affiliations

    • University of Oslo, Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 1153, Blindern, N-0318 Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Trångsundsvägen 22A, SE-142 63 Trångsund, Sweden. Tel.: +46 8 7717301.
    • ,
  • Elisabeth Severinsson

      Affiliations

    • University of Stavanger, Department of Health Studies, N-4036 Stavanger, Norway

,Accepted 21 October 2005.

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PII: S0964-3397(05)00135-7

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2005.10.003

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 228-238 , August 2006

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