Urine flowing: A phenomenological study of living with a urinary catheter

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 14-24

  Wilde, Mary H ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Lived experience; Nursing theory; Phenomenology; Philosophy; Urinary catheter

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CATHETERIZATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; SELF CARE; SYMBOLISM; TIME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; URODYNAMICS; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; DRAINAGE; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SYMBOLISM; TAPE RECORDING; TIME FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY RETENTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036479497     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.10020     Document Type: Article

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