Receiving power through confirmation: The meaning of close relatives for people who have been critically ill

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 569-576

  Engström, Åsa ^a   Söderberg, Siv ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical care; Empirical research report; Hermeneutic phenomenology; Interviews; Nursing; Relatives; Support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NARRATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 34548163135     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04336.x     Document Type: Article

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