The ‘feeling of being unsafe’ after a lung transplant: Aetiological considerations and psychotherapeutic intervention tools

Psychodynamic Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-176

  Goetzmann, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crisis; Feeling of safety; Lung transplant; Object relationships; Respiratory distress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PANIC; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 33646392744     PISSN: 14753634     EISSN: 14753626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14753630600633766     Document Type: Article

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