Patients' experiences of living with irritable bowel syndrome

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1676-1685

  Rønnevig, Marit ^a   Vandvik, Per Olav ^b   Bergbom, Ingegerd ^c  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b Innlandet Hospital Health Authority   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hermeneutics; Interviews; Irritable bowel syndrome; Nursing; People's experiences; Primary care; Unpredictability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TABOO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TABOO;

EID: 68149114397     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05030.x     Document Type: Article

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