Comfort as a basic need in hospitalized patients in Iran: A hermeneutic phenomenology study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1891-1898

  Yousefi, Hojatollah ^a,b,c   Abedi, Heidar Ali ^d,e   Yarmohammadian, Mohammad Hossein ^f   Elliott, Doug ^c  

^a School of Nursing and Midwifery   (Iran)

^b Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery

^e ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^f ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Basic need; Comfort; Hermeneutics; Holistic care; Hospitalized patients; Nursing; Phenomenology; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPIRITUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849101449     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05026.x     Document Type: Article

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