Brain death: Close relatives' use of imagery as a descriptor of experience

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-71

  Frid, Ingvar ^a   Haljamäe, Hengo ^a   Öhlén, Joakim ^a,b   Bergbom, Ingegerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain death; Empirical research report; Hermeneutics; Intensive care; Narrative; Organ donation; Relatives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

BRAIN DEATH; FAMILY; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); INTENSIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 33947679853     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04208.x     Document Type: Article

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