Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 332-340 , December 2009

Empowerment in intensive care: Patient experiences compared to next of kin and staff beliefs

  • Ingrid Wåhlin

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Department, Kalmar Hospital, Sweden
    • Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Intensive Care Department, Kalmar Hospital, S-391 85 Kalmar, Sweden. Tel.: +46 480 448 773.
    • ,
  • Anna-Christina Ek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
    • ,
  • Ewa Idvall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
    • Research Section, Kalmar County Council, Sweden

,Accepted 9 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.06.003

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