A personal reflection: family survival in the pediatric intensive care unit.
Being the parent of a child hospitalized in a pediatric intensive care unit can be frightening and very stressful. This personal reflection is written by a father whose son was a patient in such a unit and conveys his feelings and thoughts about the experience. This is the first of a 2-part article. The second article will discuss "The Family Survival Guide to the Intensive Care Unit" in detail.
Lilly
Mark
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Insight Communication, LLC, Portland, OR 97214, USA. mlilly@insight-communication.net
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D014481:United States; D014789:Visitors to Patients