Meanings of being critically ill in a sound-intensive ICU patient room -A phenomenological hermeneutical study

Open Nursing Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 108-116

  Johansson, Lotta ^a   Bergbom, Ingegerd ^a   Lindahl, Berit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Health facility environment; Patients' experiences; Phenomenological hermeneutic; Sound

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884199435     PISSN: 18744346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874434601206010108     Document Type: Article

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