Achieving harmony with oneself: Life with a chronic illness

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 204-212

  Delmar, Charlotte ^a   Bøje, Trine ^b   Dylmer, Dorrit ^c   Forup, Lisbeth ^a   Jakobsen, Christina ^a   Møller, Majbritt ^b   Sønder, Hanne ^c   Pedersen, Birthe D ^d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HOLSTEBRO HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Chronic illness; Doubt; Hope; Self realization; Spirit of life life courage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF ESTEEM; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENMARK; EXISTENTIALISM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CORONARY DISEASE; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 27244440314     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2005.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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