Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 10-20 , February 2009

The experiences of families of critically ill patients in Greece: A social constructionist grounded theory study

  • Sotirios Plakas

      Affiliations

    • Sismanoglio General Hospital of Attica, Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +30 210 2819648; fax: +30 210 6137328.
    • ,
  • Bob Cant

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University, London, UK
    • Tel.: +44 20 7815 8138; fax: +44 20 7815 8099.
    • ,
  • Ann Taket

      Affiliations

    • School of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Vic. 3125, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 3 9244 3798; fax: +61 3 9244 6086.

,Accepted 6 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2008.04.003

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
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