Women's experience of spirituality within end-stage renal disease and hemodialysis

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-49

  Tanyi, Ruth A ^a   Werner, Joan Stehle ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Hemodialysis; Phenomenology; Renal failure; Spirituality; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPREHENSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANGER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RENAL DIALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; WOMEN;

EID: 37649014317     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: 15523799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773807311691     Document Type: Article

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