Open visitation policies in the ICU: experience from relatives and clinicians.

Intensive Care Med

Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Réanimation médicale, 1 avenue Claude, 75010, Vellefaux, Paris, France,

Published: October 2013


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