Interdisciplinary communication in the intensive care unit.

T. W. Reader; R. Flin; K. Mearns; B. H. Cuthbertson

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Interdisciplinary communication in the intensive care unit.

February 21, 2007

Reader TW, Flin R, Mearns K, et al. Br J Anaesth. 2007;98(3):347-52.

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The researchers surveyed doctors and nurses in four United Kingdom intensive care units (ICUs) and found that they have differing perceptions of communication openness among the ICU team.

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