The lived experience of feeling very tired: A study using the Parse research method

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-325

  Parse, Rosemarie Rizzo ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeling very tired; Human becoming; Lived experience; Parse research method; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; SEMANTICS; WOMEN;

EID: 0141845139     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894318403256418     Document Type: Article

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