Female Suffering After Blunt Trauma and the Need to be Cared for and Cared About.
Using a phenomenological design, the researcher repeated a previous study of males, this time exploring the question of what is the experience of suffering voiced by female patients 6–12 months after hospitalization for blunt trauma. Eleven female volunteers were interviewed and asked questions abou...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Trauma Nursing Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 247 - 257 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Sep/Oct2019
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