The psychological challenges of intensive care
By: edited by Saxon A. Ridley.
Contributors: Ridley, Saxon.; Intensive Care Society (Great Britain)
Series: Critical care focus -- 12; Critical care focus series -- 12
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
Subjects: Critical care medicine -- Psychological aspects -- Congresses.; Catastrophic illness -- Psychological aspects -- Congresses.; Critical Care -- psychology -- Congresses.; Critical Illness -- psychology -- Congresses.; Stress, Psychological -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Disorders of episodic memory / Martin Conway; title: Life interrupted: risk factors for post-traumatic reactions / Alastair Hull and Brian Cuthbertson; title: Intensive care unit delirium, patients' perspective and clinical signs / Anetth Granberg Axèll; title: Delirium and confusion: more than ICU syndrome / Richard Griffiths and Christina Jones; title: Psychological stress in adult ICU patients and relatives / Christina Jones and Richard Griffiths; title: The impact of admission to paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) on the child and family / Gillian Colville; title: Cognitive impairment and consequences for recovery / Stephen Brett; title: The photo-diary and follow-up appointment on the ICU: giving back time to patients and relatives / Carl Bäckman and Sten Walther; title: Suffering and coping: the challenges for staff / Carl Waldmann.