Patients' experiences of waiting for a liver transplantation

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 289-298

  Bjørk, Ida Torunn ^a,b   Nåden, Dagfinn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Energy; Liver transplantation; Suffering; Uncertainty; Waiting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 56649089430     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2008.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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