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01-05-2014 | What's New in Intensive Care

What’s new in ICU visiting policies: can we continue to keep the doors closed?

Authors: Alberto Giannini, Maité Garrouste-Orgeas, Jos M. Latour

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 5/2014

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Restricting visiting in ICUs is neither caring, compassionate, nor necessary. …

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Title: What’s new in ICU visiting policies: can we continue to keep the doors closed?
Authors: Alberto Giannini
Maité Garrouste-Orgeas
Jos M. Latour
Publication date: 01-05-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 5/2014
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3267-y

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