Reconstructing unpredictability: Experiences of living with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator over time

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 537-546

  Morken, Ingvild Margreta ^a   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^a   Karlsen, Bjørg ^b,c  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Control; Experience; Grounded theory; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Nurses; Reconstructing; Support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNCERTAINTY;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 74549177023     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02898.x     Document Type: Article

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