Being overwhelmed by the feeling of having a home and family. One aspect of the meaning of being dependent on care: A study of one patient and two of his nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 717-727

  Strandberg, Gunilla ^a   Norberg, Astrid ^a   Jansson, Lilian ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Care; Dependency; Interview; Loneliness; Phenomenological hermeneutics

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; CONTROL; COOPERATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKLOAD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ALTRUISM; AMPUTATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHICS, NURSING; FAMILY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0035463858     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01904.x     Document Type: Article

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