The bodily presence of significant others: Intensive care patients' experiences in a situation of critical illness

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Fredriksen, Sven Tore Dreyer ^a   Svensson, Tommy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Hermeneutics; Intensive care patients; Phenomenology; Significant others

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875012071     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v5i4.5120     Document Type: Article

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