Suffering from care as expressed in the narratives of former patients in somatic wards

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-22

  Sundin, Karin ^a   Axelsson, Karin ^b   Jansson, Lilian ^c   Norberg, Astrid ^c  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Department of Caring Science ^*

Author keywords

Caring; Narratives; Patient care; Patient's care experience; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; REST;

EID: 0034020360     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2000.tb00556.x     Document Type: Article

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