Constructing the illness narrative: A grounded theory exploring patients′ and relatives′ use of intensive care diaries

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1922-1928

  Egerod, Ingrid ^a   Christensen, Doris ^b   Schwartz Nielsen, Katherine Hvid ^c   Ågård, Anne Sophie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

critical care; diaries; family; grounded theory; Intensive care; nursing; qualitative research; rehabilitation; relatives

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE DIARY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTROSPECTION; MALE; MEMORY; NARRATIVE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 79961021390     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31821e89c8     Document Type: Article

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