Families in the Intensive Care Unit: A Guide to Understanding, Engaging, and Supporting at the Bedside - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3030068374 ISBN 13: 9783030068370

Publisher: Springer, 2019

Synopsis

One of the first comprehensive resources on supporting families in the ICU

Presented through a multi-disciplinary perspective

Written by experts in the field

About this title

About the Author

Giora Netzer, MD, MSCEAssociate Professor of Medicine and EpidemiologyUniversity of Maryland School of MedicineDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care MedicineBaltimore, MD USA

From the Back Cover

This text is one of the first comprehensive resources on understanding and working with families in the intensive care unit. The text provides a conceptual overview of the Family ICU Syndrome, a constellation of physical morbidity, psychopathology, cognitive deficits, and conflict. Outlining its mechanisms, the book presents a guide to combating the syndrome with an interdisciplinary team. The text represents the full array of the interdisciplinary team by also spotlighting administrative considerations for health care management and approaches to training different members of the health care team. Family voices are featured prominently in the text as well. The book also addresses the complete trajectory of needs of care, including survivorship and end-of-life care. Written by experts in the field, Families in the Intensive Care Unit: A Guide to Understanding, Engaging and Supporting at the Bedside is a state-of-the-artreference for all clinicians who work with families in the ICU.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030068374
• ISBN 13: 9783030068370
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 420
• Editor: Netzer Giora