Search Tag: patient involvement

ICU Management

Don-t-forget-to-ask-the-patient-and-relative-perspective

2016 11 Mar

There has been good progress in the last decade to ensure that the patient voice is heard at all levels, including in research and service planning. However there is still more to be done, and this article sets out the case for meaningful intensive care patient and relative involvement and how this can be achieved. Why Involve Former Intensive...Read more

ICU Management

Study-liver-transplant-patients-seek-closer-involvement

2014 18 Jul

Findings of a recent study, the first  of its kind, have revealed that liver transplant candidates wish to be involved in the decision as to whether they should accept or reject a donor organ. Discussed in the journal Liver Transplantation, the project has been spearheaded by Robert Porte, a Professor of Surgery at the University Medical Centre Groningen...Read more