title: A standard to meet high expectations. Assuring quality care for families of intensive care patients.
abstract: 1. To give truly holistic care, nurses need to appreciate the family stress response to critical care hospitalisation. 2. Standard setting is an ideal way of meeting relatives' self-perceived needs in intensive care. 3. All staff should be involved with implementation for it to be successful.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*