Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 69-74 , April 2010

Implementation of a research awareness program in the critical care unit: effects on families and clinicians

  • Craig Dale

      Affiliations

    • Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, B508 – 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 416 480 6100x6095.
    • ,
  • Robert A. Fowler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, D478-2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5
    • ,
  • Neill K.J. Adhikari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, D108-2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5
    • ,
  • Ruxandra Pinto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, C824-2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5
    • ,
  • Louise Rose

      Affiliations

    • Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, #276-155 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 1P8

,Accepted 19 September 2009.

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☆ Supported by the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Practice Based Research (PBR) Fund and the Canadian Intensive Care Foundation (CICF).

PII: S0964-3397(09)00087-1

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.09.003

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 69-74 , April 2010

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