Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 316-322 , December 2007

Part 2. Chemical and physical restraints in the management of mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU: A patient perspective

  • Kristin Hofsø

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaestesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Rikshospitalet-Medical Centre, Sognsvannsveien 20, 0027 Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +47 2307 3711; fax: +47 2307 3714.
    • ,
  • Fiona M. Coyer

      Affiliations

    • Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Brisbane, Queensland 4059, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 7 3138 3895; fax: +61 7 3138 3814.

,Accepted 1 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.04.002

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 316-322 , December 2007

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