2.1. Patient and Caregiver Population
Cancer
CANCER
Patient subjects were drawn from the population of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Beth Israel and the Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital, both located in Manhattan, New York, US. Patient criteria included the following groups: Pediatric ICU, Cancer, Spine, General Surgery and Gynecology, and were adjusted for the severity of illness with a widely used severity index (APACHE II.) Referrals from doctors, nurses, and social workers of patients who were defined as high acuity (see 