Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 51-57 , February 2010

Visits in an intensive care unit—An observational hermeneutic study

  • Thomas Eriksson

      Affiliations

    • CIVA/96, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
    • Institute of Health and Care Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: CIVA/96, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden. Tel.: +46 31 342 16 84; fax: +46 31 41 44 83.
    • ,
  • Berit Lindahl

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health and Care Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 457, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
    • School of Health Sciences, University College of Borås, Allégatan 1, SE-501 90 Borås, Sweden
    • ,
  • Ingegerd Bergbom

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health and Care Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 457, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden

,Accepted 24 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.09.005

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