Perception of inappropriate care frequent among ICU workers
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
A survey of nurses and physicians in intensive care units (ICUs) in Europe and Israel indicated that the perception of inappropriate care, such as excess intensity of care for a patient, was common, and that these perceptions were associated with inadequate decision sharing, communication and job autonomy, according to a study in the December 28 issue of JAMA.