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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
卷 42, 期 2, 页码 135-145出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.05.014
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intensive care units; family; communication; power; foucault
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We conducted research to study nurses' views on factors that influence their relationship with patients' relatives in intensive care units in three hospitals in Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). This article focuses on the findings related to the process of giving information to the family. We used a post-structuralist theoretical framework and data were collected through observations and interviews. The analysis revealed that nurses thought information eases relatives' worries, but they felt that in order to avoid conflicts with physicians they should restrain themselves from providing it. We propose that the existing power relationships in intensive care units should be challenged if we expect health care professionals to offer patients' relatives a planned information process. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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