Living with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury: The meaning of family members' experiences

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-369

  Jumisko, Eija ^a   Lexell, Jan ^a   Söderberg, Siv ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Ethics; Family; Family members; Hermeneutics; Hope; Interpretation; Love; Phenomenological; Responsibility; Suffering; Traumatic

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN INJURY; CAREGIVER; COOPERATION; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN INJURIES; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34548765582     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840707303842     Document Type: Article

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