Primacy of existential pain and suffering in residents in chronic pain in nursing homes: A phenomenological study

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-327

  Gudmannsdottir, Gudrun Dora ^a   Halldorsdottir, Sigridur ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Existential; Interpretive phenomenology; Interviews; Nursing homes; Older people; Pain assessment; Pain management; Qualitative; Residents; Suffering

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 65549170448     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2008.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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