1993
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18091354.x
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To understand and alleviate suffering in a caring culture

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to help understand what suffering is, i.e. how patients and nurses describe suffering, and how suffering can be alleviated. The study has a descriptive-explorative design and its approach is phenomenological-hermeneutical. The informant (research group) are 11 nurses (nurses, doctors, hospital theologians) and five patients in a social-psychiatric nursing unit, based on Christian ideology. The results of the study show that the 'what' of suffering is unclear. The nurses tend to des… Show more

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“…Katie Eriksson's theory of caritative caring was applied as theoretical framework for this study. [39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47] A theoretical discussion of the results will therefore be conducted in the discussion section.…”
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“…Katie Eriksson's theory of caritative caring was applied as theoretical framework for this study. [39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47] A theoretical discussion of the results will therefore be conducted in the discussion section.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Den kan sägas vara oskrivna regler om vad som är tillåtet och inte tillåtet för personalen men också för de äldre personerna som bor och lever i denna miljö. Kulturen kan ha en positiv effekt genom att värna om individens hälsa och välbefinnande (Lindholm & Eriksson, 1993;Rytterström, 2011). Den kan också vara negativ om rutiner och regler förhindrar god vård och möjlighet till fysisk aktivitet (Rytterström, 2011;Sørlie, Jansson & Norberg, 2003).…”
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“…In addition, cases have been identified in which facades were demasked by the storytellers and they themselves became part of a heroic story (Fredriksson & Lindström, 2002). In these cases, the story begins with the denial and concealing of suffering and ends with the acceptance and confirmation of it (Lindholm & Eriksson, 1993).…”
Section: Facadesmentioning
confidence: 99%