A journey in quest of meaning: A hermeneutic-phenomenological study on living with memories from intensive care

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 86-96

  Storli, Sissel L ^a   Lindseth, Anders ^a,b   Asplund, Kenneth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Follow up; Hermeneutic phenomenological; Intensive care; Meaning; Memories; Patients experiences

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 41149156439     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2007.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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