A 'near‐life experience': lived experiences of spirituality from the perspective of people who have been subject to inpatient psychiatric care.
Aims: To describe lived experiences of spirituality from the perspective of people who have been subject to inpatient psychiatric care and to interpret these experiences from an understanding of health as dialectical. Methods: After approval from a regional ethical board, eleven participants were re...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 512 - 521 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2021
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