Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 130-136 , April 2008

Caught in an artificial split: A phenomenological study of being a caregiver in the technologically intense environment

  • S. Almerud

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Acute & Critical Care (CACC), School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Växjö University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 470 70 83 32.
    • ,
  • R.J. Alapack

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway
    • ,
  • B. Fridlund

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Acute & Critical Care (CACC), School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Växjö University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
    • ,
  • M. Ekebergh

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Lifeworld-led Education, School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Växjö University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden

,Accepted 12 August 2007.

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PII: S0964-3397(07)00080-8

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.08.003

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 130-136 , April 2008

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