title: [Patient, family, nurses and intensive care unit: review of the literature and state of a practice "in the field"].
abstract: An increasing interest in psychological and interactional aspects of intensive care unit stay is found in the recent literature. On one hand, seriousness and acuteness of the pathology, on the other hand, environment specificity as well as their respective consequences result in the fact that the ICU is a peculiar context for the patient and his family. The patient experiences a stressful event which probably differs from the one experienced in other types of wards. The family and its needs during this critical period are the focus of an increasing number of studies. A corresponding occupational stress for the caregivers is now widely acknowledged.
authors: Unité de Psychologie, Cliniques Universitaires U.C.L. Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgique.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Pirard
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Janne
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Installé
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Reynaert
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003422:Critical Care / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Patient, famille, soignants et unité de soins intensifs: revue de la littérature et état d'une pratique "sur le terrain".