• Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Jan 2001

    Family advocates: caring for families in crisis.

    • G T Washington.
    • Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, Tenn, USA.
    • Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2001 Jan 1; 20 (1): 36-40.

    AbstractFamilies of patients unexpectedly brought to the emergency department or transferred to the intensive care unit are families in crisis. In the greater scheme of things, they may not be a priority. This article discusses a program in which family advocates care for families just as nurses and physicians care for the critically ill patient.

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