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Uncertainty in Illness
Author(s) -
Mishel Merle H.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1988.tb00082.x
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , epistemology , construct (python library) , uncertainty theory , perspective (graphical) , meaning (existential) , psychology , empirical research , nursing theory , social psychology , computer science , mathematics , medline , statistics , artificial intelligence , clinical psychology , political science , philosophy , law , programming language
The middle‐range nursing theory of uncertainty in illness is presented from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. The theory explains how persons construct meaning for illness events, with uncertainty indicating the absence of meaning. A model of the uncertainty theory displaying the concepts and their relationships forms the basis for the theoretical and empirical material. Discussion of the theory is organized around three major themes: the antecedents of uncertainty, the process of uncertainty appraisal and coping with uncertainty.