International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Volume 2 Issue 4

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Hallberg, Lillemor

2007 International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

doi:10.1080/17482620701689800

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The enigmatic phenomenon of loneliness

Dahlberg, Karin

2007 International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

doi:10.1080/17482620701626117

Much has been said and written on loneliness, which is a common human phenomenon that belongs to everyday existence, but few attempts have been made to capture the phenomenon and its existential meaning without reducing its complexity. This paper addresses the question: What is loneliness, what...

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The nature of feeding completely dependent persons: A meta-ethnography

Martinsen, Bente; Paterson, Barbara L.; Harder, Ingegerd; Biering-Sørensen, Fin

2007 International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

doi:10.1080/17482620701296291

Feeding completely dependent persons is a common activity in many health care settings; however, it has received relatively little attention by researchers. Recently, there has been a call for nurses to revisit some of the so-called “basic” tasks that have been eliminated from nurses’...

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Searching for knowledge and understanding while living with impending death—a phenomenological case study

Friberg, Febe; Öhlen, Joakim

2007 International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

doi:10.1080/17482620701523777

In this article, expression of the quest for knowledge and understanding while living with the threat of fatal cancer is explored. By means of a case study, recurrent narrative interviews and participant observations were performed with one 71-year-old man and the oncology nurse taking care of...

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“Doing Good Care”—a study of palliative home nursing care

Sandgren, Anna; Thulesius, Hans; Petersson, Kerstin; Fridlund, Bengt

2007 International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

doi:10.1080/17482620701650299

Today, more and more people die in own homes and nursing homes, which fundamentally affects community nursing. The aim of this study was to develop a classic grounded theory of palliative home nursing care and we analysed interviews and data related to the behavior of community nurses caring for...

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Healthy risk awareness motivates fracture prevention behaviour: A grounded theory study of women with osteoporosis

Hjalmarson, Helene V.; Strandmark, Margaretha; Klässbo, M.

2007 International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

doi:10.1080/17482620701436939

Osteoporosis is a public health problem implying an increased risk of fractures. Successful fracture prevention contributes to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis as well as reduction of accidents from falling. Determinants such as lifestyle and environmental factors depend on human...

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Young men's experiences of living with substance abuse and suicidal behaviour: Between death as an escape from pain and the hope of a life

Biong, Stian; Ravndal, Edle

2007 International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

doi:10.1080/17482620701547008

The aim of the study was to illuminate the experiences of suicidal behaviour in young Norwegian men with long-term substance abuse and to interpret their narratives with regard to meaning. Data were collected using open-ended, in-depth interviews. A phenomenological hermeneutic approach, inspired...

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