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dc.contributor.authorOrøy, Aud Jorunn
dc.contributor.authorStrømskag, Kjell Erik
dc.contributor.authorGjengedal, Eva
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-20T08:07:02Z
dc.date.available2020-03-20T08:07:02Z
dc.date.created2011-05-20T14:25:08Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 2011, 6 (1), 1-11.
dc.identifier.issn1748-2623
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2647671
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this paper was to explore the health professionals’ experiences and gain a deeper understanding of interaction with families of critically ill or traumatized patients with severe brain injuries. The methodological approach was qualitative and phenomenological. Data were collected through participant observation and in-depth interviews with nurses, physicians, and chaplains working in two ICUs in a Norwegian university hospital. A thematic analysis was used for analyzing data. Two main themes emerged from analysis: Patient oriented even when present and Family oriented even when absent. Each main theme is divided into two sub-themes. The themes appeared as phases in an interaction process. In the two first phases the interaction may be characterized as Alternating between being absent and present and Following up and withholding information and in the two last phases as Turning point and changing focus and Partly present when waiting for death. The findings are in the discussion illuminated by the phenomenological concept of concern. Concern is visible as care, and the distinction in care between ‘‘leaps in’’ and ‘‘leaps ahead’’ and ‘‘ready-to-hand’’ and ‘‘unready-to-hand’’ are topics in the discussion. Because of the complexity of caring for both patient and family, the situation demands efforts to relieve nurses in particular, during the most demanding phases of the process.
dc.description.abstractInteraction with potential donors’ families : the professionals’ community of concern - a phenomenological study
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.uriInteraction with potential donors' families: The professionals' community of concern-a phenomenological study.
dc.titleInteraction with potential donors’ families : the professionals’ community of concern - a phenomenological study
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Medisinsk/odontologisk etikk, atferdsfag, historie: 805
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Medical/dental ethics, behavioural science, history: 805
dc.source.pagenumber1-11
dc.source.volume6
dc.source.journalInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being
dc.source.issue1
dc.identifier.doi10.3402/qhw.v6i1.5479
dc.identifier.cristin805530
cristin.unitcode211,2,0,0
cristin.unitnameAvdeling for helse- og sosialfag
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