The lifeworld of relatives of critically ill patients: A phenomenological hermeneutic study

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 18-25

  Walters, Allan John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

critical care; experience; family; hermeneutics; nursing; phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0029395644     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.1995.tb00004.x     Document Type: Article

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