The problem drinker's lived experience of suffering: An exploration using hermeneutic phenomenology

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 213-222

  Smith, Brian A ^a  

^a ROYAL CORNHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Delirium tremens; Denial; Guilt; Hermeneutics; Life worlds; Phenomenology; Rock bottom; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENIAL; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031611430     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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