The meaning of living with malodorous exuding ulcers

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 3 A, 2007, Pages 68-75

  Lindahl, Elisabeth ^a   Norberg, Astrid ^a   Söderberg, Anna ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consolation; Gabriel Marcel; Malodorous ulcers; Phenomenological hermeneutics; Simone Weil

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ODOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; ODORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ULCER;

EID: 33847378936     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01550.x     Document Type: Article

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