In this paper in AJRCCM, we proposed a definition of patient and family engagement (PFE) relevant to the intensive care unit. We feel strongly that such a definition is crucial to improving research and practice on PFE.
    
Samuel Brown—physician leader, medical researcher, and cultural historian—is Professor of Medicine at Intermountain Medical Center/University of Utah Trained at Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Brown researches and writes at the interfaces among medicine, religion, culture, and history. 
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