Waiting for surgery; living a life on hold - A continuous struggle against a faceless system

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 539-547

  Mats Sjoling R N ^a,b   Ylva Agren R N ^c   Olofsson, Niclas ^d   Ove Hellzen R N ^a   Kenneth Asplund, R N ^a,e  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Sundsvall County Hospital   (Sweden)

^d Vasternorrland County Council   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Interpretive phenomenology; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SELF CONCEPT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 19544388396     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.09.009     Document Type: Article

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