Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 233-241 , August 2008

Re-visiting the ICU: Experiences of follow-up visits to an ICU after discharge: A qualitative study

  • Åsa Engström

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing, Department of Health Science, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 920 49 38 75; fax: +46 920 49 38 50.
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  • Staffan Andersson

      Affiliations

    • Division of Medical Science, Department of Health Science, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Siv Söderberg

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing, Department of Health Science, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden

,Accepted 12 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2008.03.002

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 233-241 , August 2008

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