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10330216

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic heart failure is the most common reason for hospitalization among the elderly in western societies. To elucidate the meaning of the experience of care received in the hospital, as narrated by 12 elderly patients with severe chronic heart failure, interviews were analyzed by an approach inspired by Ricoeur's phenomenologic hermeneutics. The analysis revealed that the study respondents experienced the care as "unpredictable." This essential theme captured the divergent descriptions of 2 subthemes: care was either "confident but incomprehensible" or "nonconfident and incomprehensible." When the patients sought care, it was as though they were launching themselves into the unknown because they knew that many experiences would be unpredictable. Despite experiences of indifferent and unpredictable care, the narratives revealed a need to rely on the caregivers' expertise.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0147-9563
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
203-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
The meaning of hospital care, as narrated by elderly patients with chronic heart failure.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Sweden. inger.ekman@ufhs.gu.se
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't