Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 43-50 , February 2007

Nurses’ roles with families: Perceptions of ICU nurses

  • Maher M. El-Masri

      Affiliations

    • University of Windsor, Faculty of Nursing, 401 Sunset, Health Education Center, Room 328, Windsor, Ont. N9B 3P4, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 519 253 3000x2400; fax: +1 519 973 7084.
    • ,
  • Susan M. Fox-Wasylyshyn

      Affiliations

    • University of Windsor, Faculty of Nursing, 401 Sunset, Health Education Center, Room 322, Windsor, Ont. N9B 3P4, Canada
    • Tel.: +1 519 253 3000x2284; fax: +1 519 973 7084.

,Accepted 9 July 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.07.003

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 43-50 , February 2007

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