Muslim Women's Narratives About Bodily Change and Care During Critical Illness: A Qualitative Study

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-107

  Zeilani, Ruqayya ^a   Seymour, Jane E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bodywork; Critical illness; Experience; Intensive care nursing; Jordan; Muslim women; Narrative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JORDAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; ISLAM; JORDAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857452012     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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