Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 215-225 , August 2010

Survey into bereavement of family members of patients who died in the intensive care unit

  • Marjoleine A. van der Klink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
    • Department of “Earth and Life Sciences”, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Both authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Liza Heijboer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
    • Department of “Earth and Life Sciences”, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Both authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • José G.M. Hofhuis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Gelre Hospitals Apeldoorn, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Albert Schweitzerlaan 31, 7334 DZ Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 55 5818451; fax: +31 55 5818456.
    • ,
  • Aly Hovingh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Johannes H. Rommes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Marjan J. Westerman

      Affiliations

    • Department of “Earth and Life Sciences”, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Peter E. Spronk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
    • HERMES Critical Care Group, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

,Accepted 19 May 2010.

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PII: S0964-3397(10)00041-8

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2010.05.004

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 215-225 , August 2010

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