Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 268-277 , October 2009

Analysis of patient diaries in Danish ICUs: A narrative approach

  • Ingrid Egerod

      Affiliations

    • The University Hospitals Centre for Nursing and Care Research (UCSF), Rigshospitalet Department 7331, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark
    • University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 3545 7336; fax: +45 3545 7399.
    • ,
  • Doris Christensen

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Hillerød Hospital, Helsevej 2, DK-3400 Hillerød, Denmark

,Accepted 21 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.06.005

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 268-277 , October 2009

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