Critically ill patients and their family members are at risk for dehumanisation in the stressful
environment of an intensive care unit (ICU). This chapter describes the behaviours a clinical …

Intensive care units (ICUs) are medical-technological marvels but also loci of sometimes
severe dehumanization. In this chapter we emphasize (1) the forms of and reasons for …

Las últimas décadas de investigación en Medicina Intensiva han dado lugar a numerosos
tratamientos y avances tecnológicos que han permitido mejorar la supervivencia de los …

Objectives: To understand how patients and family members experience dehumanizing or
humanizing treatment when in the ICU. Design: Qualitative study included web-based focus …

The environment and the surrounding of the intensive care units can be hostile to patients
and their families. The purpose of humanizing intensive care project is to serve as a forum …

Intensive care units (ICUs) are showcases for many of the most stunning technological
advances in medicine. Survival from once routinely fatal diseases is rapidly increasing [1] …

Objective: The objective of this review is to review and map data from studies on the
humanization of care in intensive care units based on a conceptual framework. Introduction …

This chapter will explore what humanising critical care means and why it's important. It will
present the evidence base surrounding why and how alternative therapies and …

Being a patient in an intensive care unit (ICU) can represent one of the most painful
experiences a human being can endure. Several reports mention that post-ICU survivors …

In the past 30 years, there have been spectacular scientific and technological developments
in intensive care units (ICU). This has been the cause of a notable increase in survival rates …