This text is one of the first comprehensive resources on understanding and working with families in the intensive care unit. The text provides a conceptual overview of the Family ICU Syndrome, a constellation of physical morbidity, psychopathology, cognitive deficits, and conflict. Outlining its mechanisms, the book presents a guide to combating the syndrome with an interdisciplinary team. The text represents the full array of the interdisciplinary team by also spotlighting administrative considerations for health care management and approaches to training different members of the health care team. Family voices are featured prominently in the text as well. The book also addresses the complete trajectory of needs of care, including survivorship and end-of-life care. Written by experts in the field, Families in the Intensive Care Unit: A Guide to Understanding, Engaging and Supporting at the Bedside is a state-of-the-art reference for all clinicians who work with families in the ICU.

Introduction

Family Voices from the Intensive Care Unit
Cognitive Barriers to Effective Surrogate Decision Making
Emotional Processing/Psychological Morbidity in the ICU
Family Psychological Morbidity after the Intensive Care Unit
Sleep and Sleep Deprivation Among Families in the ICU
Taking the Lead: Changing the Experience of Family ICU Syndrome by Changing the Organization of Care
Unique Challenges for Family Members of Patients with Acute and Chronic Critical Illness - The Older Caregiver
Family Support and ICU Survivorship: Lessons Learned from the Pediatric Critical Care Experience
Life After the ICU: Post-Intensive Care Syndrome in Family Members
Humanizing Intensive Care: Questions, Balance, and Tragic Tradeoffs
Intensive Care Unit Conflicts and the Family
Identifying, Analyzing, & Combating Family Intensive Care Unit Syndrome in Long Term Acute Care Hospitals
Personalized Interventions to Support Families in the Intensive Care Unit
Family-Centered Care Interventions to Minimize Family Intensive Care Unit Syndrome and Post-Intensive Care Syndrome-Family
Strategies to Facilitate Communication with Families in the ICU
End-of-Life Care
The Integrative Approach to Supporting Families in the ICU
The Role of Ethics Consultation In Enhancing Family-Centered Care
Family Role in Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit
Family and Patient Spiritual Narratives in the ICU: Bridging Discourses Through Compassion
The Role of the Pharmacist in Family Engagement in the Intensive Care Unit and During Transitions of Care
Respiratory Therapy and Family Engagement in the Intensive Care Unit
The Role of the ICU Social Worker in Supporting Families
Rehabilitation
Training Providers in Family Centered Care
Child Life in the Adult ICU: Including the Youngest Members of the Family
How to Study the Family ICU Syndrome: A Basic Approach to Research Methodology.