Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 323-331, December 2009

Enjoying tactile touch and gaining hope when being cared for in intensive care—A phenomenological hermeneutical study

  • Maria Henricson

      Affiliations

    • University of Borås, School of Health Sciences, SE 501 90 Borås, Sweden
    • Karlstad University, Faculty of Social and Life Sciences, Department of Nursing, SE 651 88 Karlstad, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Borås, School of Health Sciences, SE 501 90 Borås, Sweden. Tel.: +46 33 435 47 39; fax: +46 33 435 44 46.
    • ,
  • Kerstin Segesten

      Affiliations

    • University of Borås, School of Health Sciences, SE 501 90 Borås, Sweden
    • ,
  • Anna-Lena Berglund

      Affiliations

    • Karlstad University, Faculty of Social and Life Sciences, Department of Nursing, SE 651 88 Karlstad, Sweden
    • Faculty of Nursing Studies, Akerhus University College, NO 2001 Lillestrøm, Norway
    • ,
  • Sylvia Määttä

      Affiliations

    • University of Borås, School of Health Sciences, SE 501 90 Borås, Sweden

Accepted 18 July 2009.

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PII: S0964-3397(09)00070-6

doi:10.1016/j.iccn.2009.07.001

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 323-331, December 2009

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