Being hospitalized with a newly diagnosed chronic illness-A phenomenological study of children's lifeworld in the hospital

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ekra, Else Mari Ruberg ^a,b   Gjengedal, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bodily changes; Hermeneutic phenomenological method; Hospital environment; Hospitalized children; Lived experience; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; MALE;

EID: 84875129155     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v7i0.18694     Document Type: Article

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