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Title The psychological challenges of intensive care / edited by Saxon A. Ridley
Published Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2005

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Description xii, 92 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Critical care focus ; 12
Critical care focus series ; 12
Contents 1. Disorders of episodic memory / Martin A. Conway -- 2. Life interrupted : risk factors for post-traumatic reactions / Alastair M. Hull and Brian H. Cuthbertson -- 3. Intensive care unit delirium, patients' perspective and clinical signs / Anetth Granberg Axell -- 4. Delirium and confusion : more than ICU syndrome / Richard D. Griffiths and Christina Jones -- 5. Psychological stress in adult ICU patients and relatives / Christina Jones and Richard D. Griffiths -- 6. The impact of admission to paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) on the child and family / Gillian Colville -- 7. Cognitive impairment and consequences for recovery / Stephen Brett -- 8. The photo-diary and follow-up appointment on ICU : giving back time to patients and relatives / Carl G. Backman and Sten M. Walther -- 9. Suffering and coping : the challenges for staff / Carl S. Waldmann
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Critical care medicine -- Psychological aspects -- Congresses.
Catastrophic illness -- Psychological aspects -- Congresses.
Critical Care -- psychology.
Critical Illness -- psychology.
Stress, Psychological.
Genre/Form Congress.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Ridley, Saxon.
Intensive Care Society (Great Britain)
LC no. 2004020632
ISBN 0727917943