Life with home mechanical ventilation for young men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 753-762

  Dreyer, Pia Sander ^a   Steffensen, Birgit F ^b   Pedersen, Birthe D ^c,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b National Rehabilitation Centre of Excellence in Neuromuscular Disorders   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Home mechanical ventilation; Nursing; Respiratory failure; Ricoeur; Young men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VENTILATOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NARRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951566574     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05233.x     Document Type: Article

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